Prevention and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Paralyzed Persons: Clinical Focus

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Neurology

Paralyzed Persons, Urinary Complications

January 1999

Clinical Focus*

What combination of signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings are associated with risks for persons with paralysis due to neurogenic bladder?
What are risk factors for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTls)?
What are the risks and benefits of long-term use of antibiotic prophylaxis?

*Addressed in the summary or evidence report.

Prevention and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Paralyzed Persons
Summary (Publication No. 99-E007, January 1999)
Evidence Report (Publication No. 99-E008, February 1999)
Selected Publications

EPC: Southern California-RAND
Topic Nominators: Paralyzed Veterans of America (including 30 local chapters), American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, American Paraplegia Society, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses, Consortium of Spinal Cord Medicine

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