Indwelling Catheters Should Be Restricted in Primary and Revision Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Analysis After Changes to Hospital Standard Perioperative Treatment Protocol [PDF]
AntibioticsBackground: Indwelling catheters are used in the perioperative management of patients treated with total joint arthroplasty (TJA) to facilitate fluid control, ease postoperative miction until patients are able to ambulate, and prevent postoperative ...
Matthias Schnetz +5 more
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Mucosal injuries from indwelling catheters: A scoping review. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThere is currently a lack of clarity concerning the types and frequency of mucosa injuries occurring in urine bladders among patients with indwelling urine catheters that are of modern design and material. The aim of the study was to identify and present
Katarina E Göransson +2 more
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Comparative analysis of indwelling time and complications of mid-line catheters in different punctured veins of neonates [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsObjectiveWe aims to evaluate the effects and complications associated with mid-line catheters inserted via different puncture veins in neonates, ultimately providing a foundation for selecting the most suitable puncture site for catheterization in ...
Lijuan Yang +14 more
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters [PDF]
Respiration, 2014 Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are now established as one of the major tools for the management of recurrent pleural effusions. Their traditional role, which saw them only as second line treatment for malignant effusions, has now expanded. Recent evidence has not only suggested that they may be effectively employed as first-line therapy in some ...
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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Quality improvement initiative to reduce inappropriate urinary catheterisation on a clinical teaching unit [PDF]
BMJ Open QualityIndwelling urinary catheters are often inserted and retained without appropriate indications in the inpatient setting, leading to catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). Previous multidisciplinary toolkits have created modest reductions in
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A bundle-based approach on catheter-associated urinary tract infection: a multi-center study in Chinese tertiary hospitals [PDF]
BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are one of the most common types of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Current studies mainly focus on risk factors, but the method to control them is unresolved.
Huiping Huang +12 more
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The Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Infections and Effective Prevention Strategies for Biofilm Formation in Urinary Catheters [PDF]
OUSL Journal, 2020 Biofilm formation is a complicated microbiological process and one of the distinctive features of pathogenic bacteria. Biofilms are a cluster of bacterial cells enclosed in extra polymeric substances and irreversibly attached onto a surface.
K. Vivehananthan +2 more
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Microbiological and microstructural analysis of indwelling bladder catheters and urinary tract infection prevention [PDF]
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2022 Objective: To analyze the microbiological and microstructural part of indwelling urinary catheters and their association with urinary tract infection prevention. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, from June to December 2020, in which 42 indwelling
Mateus Flávio Sousa +5 more
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Antibiotics, 2023 Antibiotic stewardship in urologic reconstruction is critically important, as many patients will require indwelling catheters for days to weeks following surgery and thus are at risk of both developing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)
Fenizia Maffucci +3 more
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, 2022 Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) are now being considered worldwide for patients with recurrent pleural effusions. It is commonly used for patients with malignant pleural effusions (MPE) and can be performed as outpatient based day care procedure. In malignant pleural effusions, indwelling catheters are particularly useful in patients with trapped ...
Antonious Maria Selvam +3 more
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