Impact of a urinary tract infection diagnostic and treatment algorithm for psychiatric inpatients with a communication barrier.

Christine Rarrick Hannah Leschorn Amy M Hebbard

Published in: The mental health clinician (2020)

The creation and implementation of an algorithm assisting in the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections in noncommunicative patients was associated with a trend toward increased symptom documentation and decreased overall antibiotic use, and significantly increased appropriate antibiotic prescribing.

Keyphrases

urinary tract infection
primary care
end stage renal disease
machine learning
ejection fraction
deep learning
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
prognostic factors
mental health
patient reported
emergency department
neural network
smoking cessation