How do you evaluate for an ascending UTI in a patient with a urostomy?
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Hospital Medicine · Emory University Hospital
| Evaluating for ascending UTI in a patient with a urostomy | |
| UA | Generally low value; chronic pyuria/mucus makes results unreliable. |
| Urine culture | Essential; must be collected from a clean stoma catheterization or a fresh pouch, and not from the urostomy bag. |
| Imaging (CT abdomen and pelvis wit... | |