Sarcouncil Journal of Internal Medicine and Public Health

Abstract: Background: Patients suffer greatly from urinary tract symptoms and infections (UTIs), especially in cases where coexistence of diseases is high and The main aim of this study is to survey the morphological, clinical, microbiological, imaging, and outcome characteristics of Iraqi patients experiencing LUTS/UTIs and to find out the relationship between comorbid conditions and these patients where The study used a cross-sectional method to analyze 166 patients who were checked for urinary symptoms or UTIs as well as in our study The information gathered consisted of demographics (age, gender, hospitalization status), symptomatology (nocturia, frequency, urgency, incontinence), urinalysis abnormalities, imaging findings, IPSS-like symptom scores, comorbidities also The groups’ statistical comparisons were made using suitable tests to assess the associations where The cohort's average age was 58 years ±15, with a male-to-female ratio of 55.4% (n=92) and a hospitalization rate of 67.5% (n=112). The most frequently reported symptoms were nocturia (43.4%), frequency (34.9%), urgency (25.3%), and incontinence (16.9%), while 19.3% of respondents indicated no symptoms at all as well as find Abnormalities were found in 59% of urinalyses (hematuria 22.9%, proteinuria 31.3%, leukocyturia 24.1%, pyuria 13.3%); the remaining 41% were considered normal in addition to The severity scale similar to IPSS depicted high symptom burden: 62 patients (average 4.2) were categorized as mild, 68 as moderate (average 12.5), and 36 as severe (average 24.1) The majority of imaging results (77.1%) were normal, with a minor percentage showing hydronephrosis (4.8%) and bladder wall thickening (8.4%). Hospital length of stay (12.4 vs. 7.2 days), ICU admission (25.0% vs. 7.4%), and mortality (10.7% vs. 3.7%) were all worse for patients who were involved. To improve definitions (particularly for "involved" vs. "non-involved" and ABU) and assess intervention tactics, more prospective research is necessary.