OBJECTIVES To determine the action of the Foley catheter in the posterior nasal cavity in relation to balloon volume, and to deduce its implications in the treatment of posterior epistaxis. DESIGN Human cadaveric study. MATERIALS Twenty nasal fossae of 10 adult cadavers. INTERVENTIONS A Foley catheter (size 14) was inserted into the nasopharynx via each nostril. The catheter balloon was i...

Background: Iatrogenic urethral injury is a well-known risk of urinary catheter insertion. Associated morbidities include stricture formation, catheter associated infection, risk for instrumentation, and extended length of stay. Yet, insufficient attention is paid to its prevention. Objective: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a computerized...

A 55-year-oldmanwas admittedwith retrosternal pain and odynophagia of 5 days’ duration. The patient had ingested a fish bone just before the onset of symptoms. He had a 4-year history of coronary artery disease and myocardial infarction. Computed tomography showed a foreign body penetrating through the esophagus into the thoracic aorta (●" Fig.1). No signs of mediastinitis were identified. Afte...

BACKGROUND/AIM Penetrating heart injuries result in high mortality. We designed a new catheter to facilitate the treatment of penetrating cardiac injuries and provide more effective initial bleeding control and fluid replacement. MATERIALS AND METHODS The cardiac injury model was applied to 8 female 1-year-old Sus domesticus pigs. Subjects were grouped according to whether a Foley catheter or...

This paper explores the relationship between a firm’s investments in ‘capability building’, and its prospects for survival. The analysis is carried out using a model of Knightian uncertainty which differs from the standard ‘subjective probability’ approaches in a number of fundamental respects. ∗ Walras-Bowley Lecture, Econometric Society, 2004. This lecture was subsequently presented at the UC...

The efficacy of intracervical Foley catheter with misoprostol (PGE1) and dinoprostone (PGE2) for preinduction cervical ripening, induction of labour, mode of delivery, induction to delivery interval and maternal complications has been compared.. Women who were admitted to hospital and met criteria for entrance in the trial were counseled and enrolled after informed consent. Inclusion criteria i...