The use of an intraoperative catheter did not protect against the development of postoperative urinary retention (PUR) for patients who underwent laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair surgery, a ...

image: 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 ...

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 ...

Fifty-seven percent of patients who received a urinary catheter while hospitalized said the catheter resulted in at least one complication, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found. The ...

What's the only thing worse than having a urinary catheter when you're in the hospital? Having one and getting a urinary tract infection -- or worse -- as a result. Now, a new detailed guide gives ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has released a practice alert that updates clinical guidelines for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections. In the practice ...

When treating trauma and critical care patients after severe hemorrhagic shock, hours and days count. That's why University of Pittsburgh researchers, working with an Israeli physiology professor, saw ...

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced new clinical findings revealing that women managing nighttime urinary incontinence reported ...