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The dissolution of urinary catheter encrustation

BJU International, 2000
Objectives  To identify the optimum volume of acidic bladder washout solution to dissolve catheter encrustations and to compare the effectiveness of different bladder washout delivery devices. Materials and methods  Urinary catheter ...
K A, Getliffe, S C, Hughes, M, Le Claire
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Strategies for the development of the urinary catheter

Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2007
Indwelling urinary catheters are utilized in the management of a wide range of conditions both in an acute and a chronic setting. However, utilization of this type of device is associated with a number of issues, including an increased propensity to develop bacteriuria, symptomatic infection and also encrusted deposits on the device. The development of
Hamill, Turlough M., Gilmore, Brendan, Jones, David, Gorman, Sean   +3 more
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Zero toxicity urinary catheters

Nursing Standard, 1988
A range of urinary catheters that guarantee zero toxicity is now on the market.
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Catheters and Urinary Tract Infection

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1973
To the Editor.— Referring to the article "Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection" (221:1270, 1972), I would like to comment: Although the catheter is associated with a high incidence of urinary tract infection, with proper management, the sequelae may be minimized. In our field of rehabilitation medicine, the indwelling catheter on
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Adherence of bacteria to urinary catheters

Urological Research, 1982
The adherence of 3H-labelled gram-negative bacilli to different urinary catheter materials was studied using an in vitro method. Adherence was found to be significantly less to siliconized rubber than to pure latex or teflon coated rubber. Adherence was altered by variations in incubation pH, time, and bacterial concentration; however, incubation ...
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Chronic urinary catheter blockage

Nursing Standard, 1991
Catheter blockage is a common complication of long-term urinary catheterisation which causes distress to the patient and presents management problems for both nursing and medical practitioners. Jennifer Kohler-Ockmore's study aimed to investigate some of the factors which may cause catheter blockage and how they may be overcome.
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Infections associated with urinary catheters

2008
This chapter discusses urinary tract infections (UTIs) as a common and clinically important outcome of the use of urinary catheters. UTI with a catheter in place is usually asymptomatic and referred to as catheter-associated asymptomatic bacteriuria (CA-ASB), while the symptomatic infection is referred to as catheter-acquired urinary infection (CA-UTI).
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Short-term urinary catheters and their risks: an integrated systematic review

British Journal of Nursing, 2020
Andrew Clifton, Jayne Brown
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Catheter-Associated Urinary Infections and Consequences of Using Coated versus Non-Coated Urethral Catheters—Outcomes of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022
Marcelo Wroclawski, Daniele Castellani, At Gabrielson   +2 more
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Safety of Urinary Catheters

JAMA, 2003
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