Antibiotic Duration for Febrile UTI in Males, Lower GI Bleeding Guidelines, Intravenous Contrast in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury
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Is Seven Days a Good Time to Treat a UTI?
The study had to have 284 participants, but they were only able to get 240. The seven-day therapy group was found to be 21% worse than the 14-day group for a risk difference of 21 percentage points. This is a study where you can't prove superiority or anything like that. But all we can say based off of this is that seven days is not enough time to treat a febrile UTI and men who meet inclusion criteria.
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