title: Inadequate documentation of urinary tract infection symptoms in the medical chart.
abstract: We evaluated symptom documentation for 312 inpatients with bacteriuria by comparing information found in the chart with that obtained prospectively from the medical and nursing team caring for the patient. There was only moderate agreement (κ = 0.55), and only 77% of symptomatic patients had any symptom documented in the chart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Siraj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mithoowani
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Steve J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Celetti
authors.affiliation: Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Neal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Irfan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Diseases Research, Hamilton, ON, Canada. Electronic address: mertzd@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mertz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Documentation; Retrospective chart review; Urinary tract infection