Please stop the over-diagnosis of UTIs

I admitted an elderly woman to the hospital recently.   The previous week, she had presented to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain and shortness of breath.  For some unknown reason, a urinalysis was obtained and was found to be abnormal.  The patient left the hospital with a prescription for cephalexin, in addition to unexplained […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/scott-keeney" rel="tag" > Scott Keeney, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Hospital-Based Medicine Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs