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Prevalência da algaliação sem indicação: um factor de risco evitável.

open access: yesActa 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
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term complications of continent catheterizable channels: a problem for transitional urologists. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A majority of the transitional urology patient population have neurogenic bladder and many of these patients have undergone creation of continent catheterizable channels (CCCs) to facilitate bladder emptying.
Baradaran, Nima   +2 more
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Translational Considerations for Injectable Biomaterials and Bioscaffolds to Repair and Regenerate Brain Tissue

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
wiley   +1 more source

Bladder drainage methods for acute urinary retention due to benign prostatic hyperplasia: patient-preference analysis

open access: yesВестник урологии
Introduction. Currently, the classical management of acute urinary retention creates a certain discomfort for the patient and leads to explore alternative method of management, such as intermittent catheterization, including focusing on the patient ...
A. I. Volnukhin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validity of the International Prostate Symptoms Score in predicting urinary retention after joint replacement

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +1 more source

Evolutionary fine-tuning of conformational ensembles in FimH during host-pathogen interactions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Positive selection in the two-domain type 1 pilus adhesin FimH enhances Escherichia coli fitness in urinary tract infection (UTI). We report a comprehensive atomic-level view of FimH in two-state conformational ensembles in solution, composed of one low ...
Dodson, Karen W   +11 more
core   +3 more sources

Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis in patients with chronic venous catheters: a case report and literature review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Chronic indwelling catheters have been reported to be associated with membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) via the activation of the classical complement pathway in association with bacterial infections such as coagulase negative ...
Nast, Cynthia C   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Biofabrication of Endothelialized, Intrinsically Vascularized 3D‐Printed Recombinant Spider Silk Scaffolds

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study evaluates 3D‐printed recombinant spider silk hydrogel eADF4(C16)‐RGD in a rat AV loop model for tissue engineering. Constructs with T17b endothelial progenitor cells showed enhanced vascularization and biodegradation. Results highlight the importance of scaffold design and cellular integration in improving vascular density and overall ...
Claire M. Weinhold   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unusual complication of prolonged indwelling urinary catheter - iatrogenic hypospadias

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2016
Long-time urethral catheterization may be responsible for various complications such as urethral stricture, urethral fracture, urinary tract infections, and hypospadias.
Gunjan Garg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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