Comparing the Effects of Hot Pack and Lukewarm-Water-Soaked Gauze on Postoperative Urinary Retention; A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Urinary retention is a common postoperative complication that mandates urinary catheterization. Urinary catheterization is associated with different physical, mental, and financial problems for both patients and healthcare systems.
Afazel, M.R. +3 more
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Non-invasive urinary bladder volume estimation with artefact-suppressed bio-impedance measurements [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Urine output is a vital parameter to gauge kidney health. Current monitoring methods include manually written records, invasive urinary catheterization or ultrasound measurements performed by highly skilled personnel. Catheterization bears high risks of infection while intermittent ultrasound measures and manual recording are time consuming and might ...
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Intermittent catheterization is the gold standard method for bladder management in individuals with urinary retention and/or incontinence. It is therefore important to understand the performance of urinary catheters, especially on parameters associated ...
Fabio Tentor +7 more
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Factors affecting continuation of clean intermittent catheterisation in people with multiple sclerosis: results of the COSMOS mixed-methods study [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Clean intermittent catheterisation (CIC) is often recommended for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Objective: To determine the variables that affect continuation or discontinuation of the use of CIC.
Andrew Elders +13 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019 Background The purpose of this study was to investigate whether patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) require catheterization. Methods PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and China National Knowledge Infrastructure were ...
Yimei Ma, Xiaoxi Lu
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Urinary catheterization and female genital mutilation [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2012 A 30-year-old African woman was admitted in labour at 37 weeks’ gestation of her fifth pregnancy for emergency cesarean delivery. This was her first assessment for the current pregnancy at this hospital. She had a cesarean delivery with each of her previous pregnancies.
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Urinary retention and the role of indwelling catheterization following total knee arthroplasty
International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2006 INTRODUCTION: We aimed to investigate the rate of urinary retention after knee arthroplasty, the various factors involved in predicting those at risk for retention and to assess the impact of retention and catheterization on joint sepsis.
P. Kumar +4 more
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A Novel Sample-efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning with Episodic Policy Transfer for PID-Based Control in Cardiac Catheterization Robots [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Robotic catheterization is typically used for percutaneous coronary intervention procedures nowadays and it involves steering flexible endovascular tools to open up occlusion in the coronaries. In this study, a sample-efficient deep reinforcement learning with episodic policy transfer is, for the first time, used for motion control during robotic ...
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Computation of Diet Composition for Patients Suffering from Kidney and Urinary Tract Diseases with the Fuzzy Genetic System [PDF]
International Journal of Computer Applications (0975-8887)-Volume
36, No.6, December 2011, 2013 Determination of dietary food consumed a day for patients with diseases in general, greatly affect the health of the body and the healing process, is no exception for people with kidney disease and urinary tract. This paper presents the determination of diet composition in the form of food subtance for people with kidney and urinary tract diseases with
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Systemic infections after acute stroke [PDF]
, 2008 After an acute stroke, systemic infection can complicate the recovery process and lead to a worse clinical outcome, including a higher risk of mortality.
Damian Jenkinson +11 more
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