ANALYTIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CLINICAL URINARY-TRACT INFECTION IN SPINAL-CORD INJURY

The authors studied all patients (121) who were admitted to the Nation al Paraplegic Center of Toledo, during a 6-month period, with spinal c ord injuries (SCI). We obtained a clinical urinary tract infection pre dictive equation dependent on different risk factors (age, hospitaliza tion time, level of SCI, sex, etc.). It is important to note that the main clinical-UTI risk factors were: (1) age, (2) hospitalization peri od, and (3) SCI category. We also achieved a mathematical model that w e can use when the patient is admitted to this Center (in this case we do not include hospitalization time). This model enables us to predic t clinical UTI depending on patient characteristics.