Large size indwelling catheters are commonly used for drainage of blood clots. Furthermore, to reduce the risk of clot formation in the bladder and to maintain the indwelling urinary catheter patency, ...

Although indwelling urethra catheterization is a medical intervention with well-defined risks, such as catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CA-UTI), studies show that in hospitalized ...

studies show that approximately 14–38% of the indwelling urethra catheters (IUCs) are placed without a specific medical indication. In this paper we describe the prevalence of IUCs, including ...

in which case an indwelling catheter is necessary until the urethra heals. Iatrogenic trauma has been reported to occur more often at the colliculus seminalis, ∼5 mm caudal to the bladder neck 11.

In 2007 our PICU implemented a protocol for indirect intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) measurements by an indwelling bladder catheter using a pressure transducer. One of the indications to start IAP ...

Dissolution of renal or bladder calculi composed of apatite ... Prevention of incrustations of indwelling urinary tract catheters. Renal calculi: Irrigate with sterile saline at 60mL/hr after ...