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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

This summary reviews suprapubic bladder aspiration in children, both with and without the use of ultrasound guidance. Familiarity with this procedure is important when neither a clean-catch urine ...

A 30-year-old African woman was admitted in labour at 37 weeks’ gestation of her fifth pregnancy for emergency cesarean delivery. This was her first assessment for the current pregnancy at this ...

A man died from blood poisoning after his penis filled with blood due to a misplaced catheter. His family has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for the pain and anguish the man experienced. There are ...