Aggregate Evidence Quality | Grade C |
Benefits | Reduce unnecessary testing, pain, iatrogenic infection, caregiver/infant anxiety, and costs |
Avoid consequences of false-positive results | |
Avoid delay from time it takes to obtain a bag urine | |
Risks, harm, cost | May delay diagnosis of infection |
Benefit-harm assessment | The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing, iatrogenic infection, pain, costs, and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for a urinary tract infection |
Intentional vagueness | None |
Role of patient preferences | Caregiver concerns may lead to preference for testing |
Exclusions | None |
Strength | Weak recommendation (based on low quality of evidence) |
Key references | 4,88 |
Aggregate Evidence Quality | Grade C |
Benefits | Reduce unnecessary testing, pain, iatrogenic infection, caregiver/infant anxiety, and costs |
Avoid consequences of false-positive results | |
Avoid delay from time it takes to obtain a bag urine | |
Risks, harm, cost | May delay diagnosis of infection |
Benefit-harm assessment | The benefits of reducing unnecessary testing, iatrogenic infection, pain, costs, and false-positive results, as well as alleviating caregiver and infant anxiety, outweigh the rare missed diagnostic opportunity for a urinary tract infection |
Intentional vagueness | None |
Role of patient preferences | Caregiver concerns may lead to preference for testing |
Exclusions | None |
Strength | Weak recommendation (based on low quality of evidence) |
Key references | 4,88 |