Urgent Urinary Complaints: Guidelines for Assessing/Treating UTIs

Overview

Acute and chronic urinary complaints are among the most common reasons for urgent medical consultation. This lecture will review strategies to evaluate, manage and prevent urinary infections in this era of increasing antimicrobial resistance.

Learning Objectives

• Establish a thoughtful differential diagnosis in a patient presenting with acute urinary complaints
• Appropriately triage and manage a patient with acute urinary infections
• Develop strategies to prevent recurrent urinary symptoms