Intermittent catheterization every 6 hours in postpartum women with urinary retention may be a better strategy than extended catheterization over 24 hours, a new prospective, randomized, controlled ...

ANURIA or oliguria after the diagnostic use of ureteral catheters is an infrequent but serious complication in urologic practice, occurring most often with differential renal-function studies for ...

Investigators sought to determine whether a new protocol for urine sampling and testing lowers rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. Protocolized urine sampling and testing ...

Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute ...

May 20, 2010 — In preterm neonates, suprapubic aspiration (SPA) causes more pain than urine catheterization (UC) when used to rule out urinary tract infection, according to new research findings.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current guidelines endorse a cutoff of 50,000 colony-forming units per milliliter in urine to determine UTIs. A ...

THE usual method of culturing urine is to obtain a specimen from the bladder by catheterization and inoculate it in liquid mediums. If growth results, urinary-tract infection may be assumed to be ...

Getting rid of routine bladder catheterization improved outcomes for people undergoing atrial fibrillation (Afib) ablation, a single-center randomized trial showed. Use on an as-needed basis, rather ...

PIERRE — When Dirk Sparks refused to give police a urine sample last March, he was taken to Avera St. Mary's Hospital, where officers from the Pierre Police Department restrained him as a nurse ...