Routine Indwelling Urethral Catheterization in Acute Heart Failure Patients Is Associated With Increased Urinary Tract Complications Without Improved Heart Failure Outcomes
- Authors
- Jang, Albert Youngwoo; O'Brien, Connor; Chung, Wook-Jin; Oh, Pyung Chun; Yu, Jongwook; Lee, Kyounghoon; Kang, Woong Chol; Moon, Jeonggeun
- Issue Date
- Jun-2018
- Publisher
- JAPANESE CIRCULATION SOC
- Keywords
- Acute heart failure; Indwelling urethral catheter; Prognosis; Urinary complication; Urinary tract infection
- Citation
- CIRCULATION JOURNAL, v.82, no.6, pp.1632 - +
- Journal Title
- CIRCULATION JOURNAL
- Volume
- 82
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 1632
- End Page
- +
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/3685
- DOI
- 10.1253/circj.CJ-17-1113
- ISSN
- 1346-9843
- Abstract
- Background: Indwelling urethral catheters (IUC) are routinely inserted for the purpose of monitoring urine output in patients with acute heart failure (AHF). The benefit of IUC in patients capable of complying with urine collection protocols is unclear, and IUC carry multiple risks. This study describes the impact of IUC on AHF treatment. Methods and Results: A total of 540 records were retrospectively analyzed. After exclusion criteria were applied, 316 patients were propensity matched to establish groups of 100 AHF patients who either did (IUC(+)) or did not receive an IUC (IUC(-)) upon admission. Hospital length of stay (9 vs. 7 days), in-hospital urinary complications (24 vs. 5%), and 1-year urinary tract infection rate (17 vs. 6%; HR, 3.145; 95% CI: 1.240-7.978) were significantly higher in the IUC(+) group (P<0.05 for all). There were no differences in 30-day rehospitalization (6 vs. 6%; HR, 0.981; 95% CI: 0.318-3.058; P=0.986) or major adverse cardiac/cerebrovascular events at 1 year (37 vs. 32%, HR, 1.070; 95% CI: 0.636-1.799; P=0.798). Conclusions: Based on this retrospective analysis, the routine use of IUC may increase length of stay and UTI complications in AHF patients without reducing the risk for major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events or 30-day rehospitalization rate.
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