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 ...

March 24, 2009 (San Diego, California) — Inappropriate urinary catheterization in hospitalized patients is common but should not be used as a remedy for incontinence because it is significantly ...

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 ...

The best way to understand catheters is to understand how your bladder works. Your kidneys make urine and send it to your bladder. When everything’s working well, your bladder stores the urine until ...

THE indwelling urinary catheter is an essential part of modern medical care. It is widely used to give temporary relief of anatomic or physiologic urinary obstruction, facilitate surgical repair of ...

Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...

Spokane, Wash.-based biotech startup Iasis Molecular Sciences received a $1.25 million grant from a U.S. government program that addresses spinal cord injuries. The 7-year old company will develop a ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 162, No. 5 (Nov., 1990), pp. 1145-1150 (6 pages) In a prospective clinical trial involving 482 acutely hospitalized patients, the overall incidence of catheter ...