Urinary Retention: Catheter Drainage Bag or Catheter Valve?

Lock-Out Valve to Decrease Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Patients with long-term indwelling urinary catheters are at an increased risk for urinary tract infection due to bacteriuria. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are a significant source of morbidity and mortality in long-term care facilities as well as in ambulatory patients requiring long-term catheterization. There is increased interest in the financial impact of CAUTI as M...

Long-term urethral catheter drainage.

SIR,-On behalf of my coauthors, I wish to thank Sir Eric Riches and Dr S L 0 Jackson for their comments (24 November, p 1367). In our enthusiasm to persuade others to adopt the domiciliary approach to long-term urethral catheter management we did not stray into an account of alternative measures, some of which are better suited to hospitalised patients. Sir Eric and Dr Jackson have correctly st...

Does Temporary Catheter Drainage of Urine Improves Detrusor Function in Chronic Urinary Retention in Patients with Bladder Outlet Obstruction?

Chronic urinary retention (CUR) secondary to bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in spite of being a frequently encountered clinical problem, there are lacunae in the understanding of its patho mechanisms and management protocols in humans. International Continence Society defined CUR as “a non-painful bladder, which remains palpable or percussible after the patient has passed urine” [1]. However ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection.

OBJECTIVES To study the incidence, risk factors, clinical outcomes and antibiotic costs of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in patients with indwelling urinary catheter for one week and longer MATERIAL AND METHOD Patients in neurology and neurosurgery wards in a teaching hospital were studied. Patients with UTI before catheterization and in whom the catheter was removed be...

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