What is the best choice for chronic urinary retention: indwelling catheter or clean intermittent catheterization? [PDF]
Einstein (São Paulo), 2009 Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of clean intermittent catheterization, comparing to indwelling urinary catheter, in the treatment of chronic urinary retention.
João Paulo Zambon +4 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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Effects on Quality of Life in Patients with Neurogenic Bladder treated with Clean Intermittent Catheterization: Change from Multiple Use Catheter to Single Use Catheter [PDF]
Childhood Kidney Diseases, 2017 Purpose To evaluate changes in quality of life (QoL) in patients with neurogenic bladder treated with clean intermittent catheterization (CIC), who changed from a multiple use catheter (MUC) to single use catheter (SUC). Methods The Modified Intermittent
Chu Hong Park +7 more
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Patient-Reported Side Effects of Intradetrusor Botulinum Toxin Type A for Idiopathic Overactive Bladder Syndrome [PDF]
, 2011 Objective: The aim of the study was a prospective assessment of patient-reported side effects in an open-label study after intradetrusor botulinum toxin injections for idiopathic overactive bladder (OAB). Patients and Methods: Botulinum toxin A injection
Alexander Buchner +20 more
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Benefits of Minimizing Foley Catheterization Time in Nursing Homes [PDF]
, 2023 Foley catheterization is a commonality seen in various healthcare settings. There is a high risk of infection, trauma, and dependence associated with indwelling urinary devices.
Farmer, Laney, Robertson, Carly
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A transfer-learning approach for lesion detection in endoscopic images from the urinary tract [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Ureteroscopy and cystoscopy are the gold standard methods to identify and treat tumors along the urinary tract. It has been reported that during a normal procedure a rate of 10-20 % of the lesions could be missed. In this work we study the implementation of 3 different Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), using a 2-steps training strategy, to classify
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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2019 Postoperative urinary retention necessitating catheterization after major lower limb arthroplasty surgery adds to the patients’ postoperative discomfort and increases the risk of urinary tract infection with potential risk of transient bacteraemia and ...
Alasdair JA Santini +3 more
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RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN GERIATRIC AND ITS MICROBIOLOGIC CHARACTHERISTICS [PDF]
, 2006 Background : Urinary Tract Infections(UTI) is a general understanding to describe invasion of microorganism in urinary tract. The severity of any functional disability, nature of underlying illnesses, anatomic or physiologic abnormalities of the ...
Dhanardhono, Tuntas
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Risk Factors for Nosocomial Infection in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by the Japanese Nosocomial Infection Surveillance (JANIS) [PDF]
, 2008 We evaluated the infection risks in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) using data of NICU infection surveillance data. The subjects were 871 NICU babies, consisting of 465 boys and 406 girls, who were cared for between June 2002 and January 2003 in ...
Babazono, Akira +11 more
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Prevalência da algaliação sem indicação: um factor de risco evitável.
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2011 Healthcare-associated infection is an issue with major socio-economic implications worldwide. Urinary Tract Infection is a Healthcare-Associated infection with a high influence on morbidity and personal impact for patients and their families, also has a ...
Natércia Caramujo +2 more
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