Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
allnurses

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Discussion

Urinalysis question?

Okay...pt is continuing to c/o s/s of UTI, burining, frequency, urgency occasional incontinace. Culture obtainded by clean catch using proper techinique, pt started on AbTx. Little releif of prior complaints until they took the 2 days of pyridium. Culture showed under 10,000 mixed bacteria, UA only significant for nitrates and few WBC. Last day of ABTx, urine was dipsticked and positve for trace nitrates?

Any clue on what to recommend. Doc wants to wait and see what the new culture shows. Pt wants a uroconsult.

does the presense of nitrates mean possible infection?

Featured Replies

how high were the nitrates?

positive for nitrates is usually indicative of a uti but there's usually some correlating lab value also.

you can also have a uti w/negative nitrites.

it 'sounds' rather unremarkable but i would continue monitoring.

maybe pt should be straight cath'd.

no fungal infections?

leslie

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
Go to topic listing

Currently Reading 0

  • No registered users viewing this page.

Account

Navigation

Search

Search

Configure browser push notifications
Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.