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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman, Samiha Ahmed, Majed Othman Althumayri, Megan Guy, Darlenne Chavez Lugo, Frances S. Ligler, George T. Ligler, Rahmi Oklu, Hiroshi Kawahira, Michael J. McShane, Jun Kameoka, Jonathan Bova, Hatice Ceylan Koydemir   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of meloxicam, tamsulosin and combination of both drugs with 16 Fr and 20 Fr catheter on trial without catheter successfulness in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia

JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia), 2018
Background: Acute urinary retention, is one of the main complications of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) in elderly patients. Trial Without Catheter (TWOC) is a way to evaluate whether a patient can urinate spontaneously after an episode of urinary ...
Hasroni Fathurrahman, Doddy Moesbadianto Soebadi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Routine Indwelling Urinary Catheterization Is Not Necessary During Total Hip Arthroplasty Performed Under Spinal Anesthesia

Arthroplasty Today, 2022
Background: Perioperative indwelling urinary catheterization remains common in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. This study sought to examine the effect of routine catheterization following total hip arthroplasty performed under spinal ...
Kurtis D. Carlock, MD, Zachary D. Mills, MD, Kyle W. Geiger, MD, Paul A. Manner, MD, Navin D. Fernando, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating comfort measures for commonly performed painful procedures in pediatric patients. [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Management of pediatric pain from medical procedures is of great importance for improving both patient care and experience. In this study, we investigated methods of managing acute pain in infants and children by studying the correlation ...
Daskalakis, Constantine, Dastgheyb, Sana, Fishlock, Keith, Kessel, Jami, Rosen, Paul   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Avoiding inappropriate urinary catheter use and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): a pre-post control intervention study

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
BackgroundUrinary tract infection (UTI) as the most common healthcare-associated infection accounts for up to 36% of all healthcare-associated infections. Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) accounts for up to 80% of these.
V. Parker, M. Giles, L. Graham, B. Suthers, Wendy Watts, T. O'brien, A. Searles   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Bacteria‐Responsive Nanostructured Drug Delivery Systems for Targeted Antimicrobial Therapy

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Bacteria‐responsive nanocarriers are designed to release antimicrobials only in the presence of infection‐specific cues. This selective activation ensures drug release precisely at the site of infection, avoiding premature or indiscriminate release, and enhancing efficacy.
Guillermo Landa, Gracia Mendoza, Silvia Irusta, Manuel Arruebo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of: "[Perspective] The study of Safety of Inpatient Health Care needs to include adverse event rates from venous and urinary catheters" [PDF]

, 2023
Ioannis Koulas
openalex   +1 more source

Michigan Appropriate Perioperative (MAP) criteria for urinary catheter use in common general and orthopaedic surgeries: results obtained using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method

BMJ Quality & Safety, 2018
Background Indwelling urinary catheters are commonly used for patients undergoing general and orthopaedic surgery. Despite infectious and non-infectious harms of urinary catheters, there is limited guidance available to surgery teams regarding ...
J. Meddings, T. Skolarus, K. Fowler, S. Bernstein, J. Dimick, Jason Mann, S. Saint   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vm–MSI: a Vancomycin–Antimicrobial Peptide Conjugate Combating Resistant Bacteria and Broadening the Antimicrobial Spectrum

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A series of vancomycin‐antimicrobial peptide conjugates is synthesized and evaluated to identify the optimal combination. Vm‐MSI, selected from multiple candidates, exhibited potent activity against vancomycin‐resistant and Gram‐negative bacteria by disrupting membranes and inducing oxidative stress, thereby expanding vancomycin's antibacterial ...
Shuangyu Li, Kang Wang, Wenzhuang Shi, Xu Wang, Duxin Li, Yanli Liu, Peng Zhang, Yipeng Wang   +7 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