Background: Urethral catheterization is a vital basic skill which not learnt properly will lead to numerous complications. The aim of the study assess knowledge and practice urethral procedure among nursing students. Methods: This was conducted by questionnaire all nurses in our hospital. It includes precautionary methods, necessity for demonstration nurses.Results: A total 120 were included st...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether increases in cardiac work lead to alterations in the plasma metabolome and whether such changes arise from the heart or peripheral organs. BACKGROUND There is growing evidence that the heart influences systemic metabolism through endocrine effects and affecting pathways involved in energy homeostasis. METHODS Nineteen patients referred for cardiac catheterizat...

CriticalCareNurse Vol 36, No. 4, AUGUST 2016 e9 Supporting Evidence Assessment of Need for Indwelling Catheter 1. Prolonged catheterization is the major risk factor for CAUTIs.5 Develop written guidelines for urinary catheterization, and include indications for indwelling urinary catheterization and ensuring that catheter placement is limited to patients who meet indications.5,6 Bladder scannin...

Central venous cannulation through femoral veins is known to be associated with various complications. Early complications include extravasation and collection of blood, fluid, and/or contrast material in the retroperitoneal spaces or peritoneal cavity, whereas late abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS).
 A 30-year-old patient was admitted emergency department brought into operating room a ...

BACKGROUND More than 25 million patients have peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters placed each year in US hospitals. Infusion therapy is believed to account for one third of all nosocomial bacteremias. METHODS We performed a randomized, prospective, controlled study in a university-affiliated hospital to determine whether the use of an IV therapy team decreases peripheral venous catheter-rel...

The authors report the complication that occurred after stereotactic catheterization in a 71-year-old patient with a spontaneous intracerebral hematoma (ICH). After stereotactic catheterization, a subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) was found in the post-operative CT scan. An SAH is a rare complication related with stereotactic catheterization. We investigated the cause and reported about a newly oc...

BACKGROUND Women and minorities traditionally have shown less use of diagnostic cardiac catheterization. We sought to determine whether mobile cardiac catheterization laboratories may increase the use of catheterization among women and minorities by bringing the technology to remote communities. METHODS We collected data on consecutive patients undergoing cardiac catheterization at mobile lab...

BACKGROUND The B-type natriuretic peptides (BNP and N-terminal pro-BNP) are secreted by the heart and, in the case of BNP, serve to maintain circulatory homeostasis through renal and vascular actions and oppose many effects of the renin-angiotensin system. Recent evidence suggests that in patients with severe heart failure, circulating immunoreactive BNP is made up mainly of metabolites that ma...

transradial coronary angiography has been known as an alternative to the transfemoral approach with fewer serious complications. radial artery pseudoaneurysms present as a rare complication of transradial catheterization. although some methods have been applied for the obliteration of pseudoaneurysms, the use of radial bands such as the tr band ® (terumo medical corporation, somerset, nj) is a ...