The urinary catheter as a bronchial blocker [PDF]
Anaesthesia, 1983 SummaryTwo cases are described in which problems with double lumen bronchial tubes occurred during thoracic surgery. A urinary catheter inserted down one lumen of each of the tubes enabled one lung anaesthesia to be continued without disturbing the surgery.
I.D. Conacher
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Feasibility and safety of flexible ureteroscopy with intelligent control of renal pelvis pressure without urinary catheter: a retrospective study [PDF]
BMC UrologyBackground To explore the feasibility and safety of aflexible ureteroscopy with intelligent control of renal pelvic pressure(FUS-ICP) without a post-operative indwelling urinary catheter .
Huang Mei +4 more
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Catheter squeeze technique to solve urinary catheter drainage problem [PDF]
Surgery Open Science, 2023 Background: Urinary catheter insertion is one of the basic techniques used in patient care to drain the bladder. Around 30 million urinary catheters are inserted annually in the USA alone.2 Often, when inserting a urinary catheter, it is noticed that ...
Prashanth Kumar Reddy Vuggumudi +3 more
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Implementation of a nurse-driven protocol for indwelling urinary catheter removal and novel utilization dashboard: a pre/postintervention observational study [PDF]
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious DiseaseBackground: Nurse-driven protocols (NDPs) for urinary catheter removal are proven tools for decreasing catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs); however, they are not used consistently in acute care settings.
Michelle Kamel +5 more
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Successful reduction of urinary catheter placement for correct and incorrect indications after introduction of a prevention bundle [PDF]
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare EpidemiologyThe prospective before-after quality improvement study was to assess bundle effectiveness to reduce urinary catheter days and prevent associated complications.
Michela Cipriani +5 more
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Different factors control long-term versus short-term outcomes for bacterial colonisation of a urinary catheter [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsUrinary catheters are used extensively in hospitals and long-term care and they are highly prone to infection. Understanding the pathways by which bacteria colonise a urinary catheter could guide strategies to mitigate infection, but quantitative models ...
Freya Bull +5 more
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Urinary catheters in palliative care
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 1991 Robin L. Fainsinger, Éduardo Bruera
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Nursing protocols to reduce urinary tract infection caused by indwelling catheters: an integrative review [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2023 Objectives: to analyze the production of knowledge in research articles about the effectiveness of nursing protocols for reducing indwelling urinary catheter dwell time and catheter-associated urinary tract infection rate in hospitalized adult and older ...
Maria Estela de Queiroz Miranda +4 more
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Spontaneous Bladder Perforation in a Patient with a Long-Term Intraurethral Catheter [PDF]
Urogenital Tract Infection, 2023 Urinary catheters are commonly used to address various urinary problems. However, the catheter itself can be a cause of several complications, including catheter-associated urinary tract infections, damage to the bladder and kidneys, and, in extremely ...
Taegi Choi +8 more
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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2022 Introduction: Catheter Associated Asymptomatic Bacteriuria persisting beyond 48 hours after catheter removal predisposes to the development of catheter associated urinary tract infections, necessitating treatment.
Simran, Ujjwala Gaikwad, Sabah Siddiqui
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