Highlights
- •Researches within cerebrovascular diseases literature have shown mixed results regarding prevalence and predictive factors related to poststroke urinary tract infections (UTIs).
- •Our study indicated that prevalence of UTIs was quite high among patients with stroke; female sex, older age, higher modified Rankin Scale score, and postvoid residual volume >100 mL are associated with higher risk of UTIs.
- •This study is an extension of our previous work in health care–associated infections among different study population, such as patients undergoing renal transplantation, open gastrointestinal surgery, and so forth.
Background
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is thought to be a common complication of stroke and
is regarded as a potential risk factor for poor stroke outcomes. However, there is
a controversy among predictive factors of stroke-associated UTIs. We aim to estimate
the prevalence and predisposing factors of UTIs among patients with stroke.
Methods
PubMed, EMBASE, and Elsevier Science Direct were searched by 2 independent researchers.
Sixteen studies with a total of 13,513 patients were included to evaluate the prevalence
and predictive factors of stroke-associated UTIs published from the earliest records
to March 10, 2017. Pooled effect sizes were calculated using the fixed effect model
or random effect model according to I2 and P values.
Results
The pooled prevalence of UTI was 19.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 15%-22%; P < .01). The predisposing factors for UTIs include female sex (odds ratio [OR], 1.93;
95% CI, 1.55-2.41), older age (OR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.09-1.50), higher modified Rankin
Scale score (OR, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.43-2.53), and postvoid residual volume >100 mL (OR,
3.69; 95% CI, 2.09-6.52).
Conclusions
Approximately one-fifth of patients with stroke contracted at least 1 UTI after cerebral
apoplexy. Female sex, older age, higher modified Rankin Scale score, and postvoid
residual volume >100 mL were associated with higher risk of UTI.
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Published online: November 16, 2017
Footnotes
Funding/support: Supported by the Science and Technology Development Plan Project Foundation of Shandong Province, China (grant no. 2013GSF11801), which was received by S.W.
Conflicts of interest: None to report.
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