Bladder Care in Palliative Care Inpatients: A Prospective Dual Site Cohort Study
Palliative 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
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Catheter-associated urinary infection in kidney post-transplant patients
São 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
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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]
The 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
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Delay in detection of urethral catheter misplacement in the vagina of an older adult patient due to urinary outflow during catheterization: a case report. [PDF]
JA Clin RepBackground To our knowledge, no previous case report explicitly shows that urethral catheter misplacement in the vagina cannot be ruled out even if urinary outflow is observed during catheterization.
Shio H +5 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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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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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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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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Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteriuria as a Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia. Results of a Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
, 2020 Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI) is an infection with increasing morbidity and mortality. Concomitant Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria (SABU) frequently occurs in patients with SA-BSI.
Behnke, Michael +6 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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