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. 2023 Jul 14;2023(7):CD013788. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013788.pub2

Summary of findings 1. Urinary catheter removal < 5 days postoperatively versus urinary catheter removal ≥ 5 days postoperatively in kidney transplant patients.

Urinary catheter removal < 5 days postoperatively versus urinary catheter removal ≥ 5 days postoperatviely in kidney transplant patients
Patient or population: postoperative kidney transplant patients 
Setting: hospital
Intervention: early removal of a urinary catheter 
Comparison: late removal of a urinary catheter
Outcomes Anticipated absolute effects* (95% CI) Relative effect
(95% CI) No. of participants
(RCTs) Certainty of the evidence
(GRADE)
Risk with late urinary catheter removal Risk with early urinary catheter removal
Incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria 267 per 1,000 237 per 1,000
(45 to 1,000) RR 0.89
(0.17 to 4.57) 197 (2) ⊕⊝⊝⊝
Very low 1 2
Incidence of symptomatic UTI Not measured
Incidence of major urological complications Not measured
*The risk in the intervention group (and its 95% CI) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). 

CI: confidence interval; RR: risk ratio; UTI: urinary tract infection
GRADE Working Group grades of evidenceHigh certainty: we are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect.
Moderate certainty: we are moderately confident in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different.
Low certainty: our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: the true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect.
Very low certainty: we have very little confidence in the effect estimate: the true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect.

1 Neither patients nor staff were blinded to the treatment arm in Zomorrodi 2018. Akbarzadehpasha 2014 has very limited information as it is just a conference abstract

2Zomorrodi 2018 did not provide a clear definition of asymptomatic bacteriuria, instead describing this outcome as 'infection of urine'