BACKGROUND Double-J stents are widely used in urology practice, and removal of these stents can sometimes be forgotten. AIMS To investigate whether indwelling time of double-J stent can predict which treatment modality is required for removal of the stent from the body. STUDY DESIGN A multicentre, retrospective observational study. METHODS The data of 57 patients who were treated for forg...

PURPOSE The effect of replacing the indwelling catheter of patients suspected of having a urinary tract infection (UTI) before collecting a urine sample on the number of organisms isolated in cultures and on drug and microbiology laboratory costs was studied. METHODS Data were collected for all patients hospitalized in two spinal cord injury (SCI) units between October 2001 and March 2002 who...

Frequency of urinary tract infection was determined in 82 patients with urolithiasis and in 40 patients with an indwelling Catheter. Significantly high proportion of adult patients with renal and vesical calculi were infected while children with bladder stones had high proportion of sterile urine. Indwelling catheter was associated with a high rate of urinary infection (JPMA 31:254,1981).

In two patients, indwelling polyethylene catheters embolized to the pulmonary artery after being dislodged into the venous circulation during resuscitative efforts. Both were successfully extracted using a snare catheter. The use of radio-opaque material for indwelling catheters provides a valuable aid in the event of one being dislodged. The use of the snare catheter may obviate the needfor th...

Indwelling intravascular and urinary catheters are essential components of modern medical care. Unfortunately, indwelling devices significantly increase the risk of iatrogenic infection, particularly in an already fragile patient population. Most nosocomial infections in severely ill patients are associated with the very medical devices that provide life-sustaining care (Ihnsook Jeong et al., 2...

Nawab SH, Wotiz RP, De Luca CJ. Decomposition of indwelling EMG signals. J Appl Physiol 105: 700–710, 2008. First published May 15, 2008; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00170.2007.—Decomposition of indwelling electromyographic (EMG) signals is challenging in view of the complex and often unpredictable behaviors and interactions of the action potential trains of different motor units that constitute t...

The indwelling urinary (Foley) catheter is a widely utilized device in the modern hospital environment in the United States. Under certain established medical conditions, these devices serve as a valuable tool in patient care. However, many indwelling urinary catheters are either placed inappropriately or are left in place longer than their intended use. This article describes a quality improve...

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...

is started on a new antibiotic, always take an “antibiotic timeout” and reassess the patient after the first 48 to 72 hours of antimicrobial therapy to assure that the patient has responded to the antimicrobial therapy, as many of the uropathogens are multidrug-resistant. A urinalysis and culture should be collected based on the patient’s symptoms and not solely based on the urine’s characteris...

Biofilms can be formed on both biotic and abiotic surfaces, including living tissues, indwelling medical devices, industrial or portable water system piping, natural aquatic systems [...]