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

open access: yesArthroplasty 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   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Adherence to guidelines for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients in a tertiary teaching hospital [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases
Aim Urinary catheterization contributes significantly to hospital-acquired infections. Adhering to CDC guidelines is vital to prevent inappropriate use and reduce infection rates.
Mohammad Shahdadian   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Postoperative urinary retention: risk factors, bladder filling rate and time to catheterization: an observational study as part of a randomized controlled trial

open access: yesPerioperative Medicine, 2021
Background Knowledge of risk factors for postoperative urinary retention may guide appropriate and timely urinary catheterization. We aimed to determine independent risk factors for postoperative urinary catheterization in general surgical patients.
Tammo A. Brouwer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Incidence of urinary retention and relations between patient's complaint, physical examination, and bladder ultrasound

open access: yesRevista Gaúcha de Enfermagem, 2021
Objective To describe the frequency of urinary complaints, bladder globe, and need for bladder relief catheterization according to ultrasound; to investigate the relationship between the urinary volume estimated by ultrasound and the one drained in ...
Rodrigo do Nascimento Ceratti   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Bladder Care in Palliative Care Inpatients: A Prospective Dual Site Cohort Study

open access: yesPalliative Medicine Reports, 2020
Background: Urinary catheterization is often undertaken to relieve distressing bladder symptoms in palliative care. Objective: The primary aim of this study was to determine the incidence of, and clinical indications that predispose patients admitted to ...
Riona Pais   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-catheterization of urinary bladder complicated with extraperitoneal abscess that mimics an infected bladder diverticulum

open access: yesUrological Science, 2014
For patients who are suffering from neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, intermittent urinary catheterization is an efficient way to empty the bladder.1 However, the method may result in various complications. Herein we present a rare complication
Yu-Cing Juho   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Indwelling versus Intermittent Urinary Catheterization following Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study is to compare the rates of urinary tract infection (UTI) and postoperative urinary retention (POUR) in patients undergoing lower limb arthroplasty after either indwelling urinary catheterization or intermittent urinary ...
Wei Zhang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Catheter-associated urinary infection in kidney post-transplant patients

open access: yesSão Paulo Medical Journal, 2001
CONTEXT: There is still controversy as to the use and dosage of antimicrobial prophylaxis of the urinary infection associated with urethral catheterization in the post renal transplant period.
Luiz Carlos de Oliveira   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN THE LEVELS OF PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN (PSA) AND PROSTATIC ACID PHOSPHATASE IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH URINARY RETENTION AND PROSTATE DISEASE [PDF]

open access: yesThe Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2009
Prostate specific antigen (PSA) has established itself as the most useful marker for adenocarcinoma of the prostate (ADCA) adenocarcinoma of the prostate and in the recent years has almost replaced the total acid phosphatase and prostatic acid ...
Firas Shakir Attar
doaj   +1 more source

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