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Limited effect of patient and disease characteristics on compliance with hospital antimicrobial guidelines [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: Physicians frequently deviate from guidelines that promote prudent use of antimicrobials. We explored to what extent patient and disease characteristics were associated with compliance with guideline recommendations for three common infections.
A Alvarez, DJ McCaig, DT Bearden, EH Ibrahim, EM Brown, European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System, Flora M. Haaijer-Ruskamp, GL Mandell, IC Gyssens, IM Gould, J Avorn, J Cobo, J Gans de, J Hatton, JG Bartlett, John E. Degener, JW Warren, Marian Laseur, ME Kasteren van, ME Kasteren van, Peter G. M. Mol, Petra Denig, PGM Mol, PGM Mol, PGM Mol, PP Cook, Prashant V. NannanPanday, R Grol, Rijk O. B. Gans, RJ Meyer, RP Wenzel, SE Buijk, SJ Atlas, SL Bronzwaer, W Kasje, WA Knaus, WE Stamm   +36 more
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Kidney Stone Dissolution By Tetherless, Enzyme‐Loaded, Soft Magnetic Miniature Robots

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Wireless magnetic robots are developed for kidney stone dissolution. The robots navigate through a urinary tract model from bladder and ureter to renal pelvis with the help of external magnetic fields. The filaments are loaded with urease enzyme which catalyzes urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia, thereby increasing pH to basic regime and supporting ...
Afarin Khabbazian, Lauren Kwong, Aaron Lewis, Erica Liu, Noura Abdelrazec, Anna C. Bakenecker, Nil Fontanals, Guillem Lopez, Samuel Sánchez, Juan Manuel Lopez, Brian Carrillo, Monica Farcas, Chris Kallweit, Alfred C. H. Yu, Mir Behrad Khamesee, Veronika Magdanz   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection: why do not we control this adverse event?

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP
Objective: To identify factors related to the occurrence of urinary tract infection associated with urinary catheter use. Method: A longitudinal, retrospective cohort study carried out by analyzing the electronic medical records of patients admitted ...
Écila Campos Mota, Adriana Cristina Oliveira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

A pre and post intervention study to reduce unnecessary urinary catheter use on general internal medicine wards of a large academic health science center

BMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Urinary catheters are a common medical intervention, yet they can also be associated with harmful adverse events such as infection, urinary tract trauma, delirium and patient discomfort. The purpose of this study was to describe the use of the
Krista R. Wooller, Chantal Backman, Shipa Gupta, Alison Jennings, Delvina Hasimja-Saraqini, Alan J. Forster   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The design of the SAFE or SORRY? study: a cluster randomised trial on the development and testing of an evidence based inpatient safety program for the prevention of adverse events [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Patients in hospitals and nursing homes are at risk of the development of, often preventable, adverse events (AEs), which threaten patient safety.
Borm, George F., Hulscher, Marlies E.J.L., Koopmans, Raymond T.C.M., Mintjes, Joke A.J., Schoonhoven, Lisette, van Achterberg, Theo, Van Gaal, Betsie G.I.   +6 more
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Biomimetic, Suturable, and Extensible Electrospun Scaffolds for Lower Urinary Tract Surgical Reconstruction

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Biomimetic, suturable, biodegradable fibrous scaffolds are engineered to mimic the tensile properties of LUT tissue using photocrosslinked 5:5% weight per volume elastin‐like peptide and methacrylated gelatin (5E5G). In vitro, urothelium, smooth muscle, and fibroblast 7 day cytocompatibility is demonstrated.
Renea M. Sturm, Yadi Huo, Felix Yiu, Yimin Gu, Ronak Afshari, Zijian Zhong, Ruby Jimenez, Rebekah Jung, Aljohn Cabuan, Keshav Shukla, Karen Harrison, Judy Su, George E. Aninwene II, Victoria Lee, Mahsa Ghovvati, Kaavian Shariati, Nicholas Jackson, Song Li, Nasim Annabi   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrasound-guided Placement of a Foley Catheter Using a Hydrophilic Guide Wire

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018
Acute urinary retention is a common problem in the emergency department. Patients can present in significant distress, necessitating the placement of a urinary catheter. Foley catheter placement can be difficult to accomplish depending on the etiology of
Ryan Joseph, Mark Huber, Ben Leeson, Kimberly Leeson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Postoperative Urinary Retention (POUR): What Are The Risk Factors? [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a successful procedure alleviating pain in patients with debilitating arthritis. Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) is a common complication following surgery and is managed with intermittent or continued ...
Maltenfort, PhD, Mitchell, Oh, BA, Jennifer, Parvizi, MD, FRCS, Javad, Restrepo, MD, Camilo, Tischler, BA, Eric H.   +4 more
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Metal–Organic Framework‐Based Antimicrobial Touch Surfaces to Prevent Cross‐Contamination

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A MOF‐based antimicrobial door handle cover is developed. It completely inhibits the cross‐contamination of Gram‐positive bacterial species (Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis), Gram‐negative bacterial species (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Acinetobacter baumannii), and fungi (Candida albicans). Abstract Infection diseases
Javier Fonseca, Mary Cano‐Sarabia, Pilar Cortés, Jordi Saldo, David Montpeyó, Julia Lorenzo, Montserrat Llagostera, Inhar Imaz, Daniel Maspoch   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The feasibility and advantages of immediate removal of urinary catheter after lobectomy: A prospective randomized trial

Nursing Open, 2021
Aim This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and advantages of immediate urinary catheter removal compared with prolonged indwelling catheterization in lung cancer lobectomy.
Lei Zhang, Xueying Yang, Ye Tian, Qian Yu, Yang Xu, Di Zhou, Zhuo Wu, Xitong Zhao   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source