331- Urinary Tract Infection (Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection [CAUTI] and Non-Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection [UTI]) Events
…each day the indwelling urinary catheter remains, a patient has a 3%-7% increased risk of acquiring a catheter-associated urinary tract...
179- Acute urinary retention. Comparison of suprapubic and urethral catheterisation
Of the 30 patients catheterised urethrally, 12 (40%) developed urinary tract infections compared with 10 (18%) urinary tract infections in...
173- Urinary Retention in Adults- Diagnosis and Initial Management
If possible, the use of chronic urethral indwelling catheters should be avoided. Complications include UTI, sepsis, trauma, stones, urethral strictures...
149- Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI), A Significant Case for Concern
According to our own hospital financial data for eh same time period, length of stay for patients with CAUTI increased...
138- A simple way to reduce catheter-associated UTIs
Although the mortality rate among patients with catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs) is just 2.3%, CAUTIs are the leading cause of hospital-acquired...
133- Urethral (indwelling or intermittent) or suprapubic routes for short-term catheterisation in hospitalised adults
Suprapubic catheters reduced the number of participants with asymptomatic bacteriuria, recatheterisation and pain compared with indwelling urethral.