Urinary catheterization
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In medicine, urinary catheterization is "employment or passage of a catheter into the urinary bladder (urethral catheterization) or kidney (ureteral catheterization) for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.[1]
Complications
Urinary tract infection
Regarding short-term catheterization, a systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration concluded that antiseptic impregnated catheters reduce urinary tract infections.[2]
Regarding long-term catheterization and prevention of urinary tract infections, systematic reviews by the Cochrane Collaboration have concluded:
- It is not clear what type of catheterization is best.[3]
- It is not clear what methods of intermittent catheterization are best.[4]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Urinary catheterization (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Schumm K, Lam TB (2008). "Types of urethral catheters for management of short-term voiding problems in hospitalized adults: a short version Cochrane review". Neurourology and urodynamics 27 (8): 738–46; discussion 747–8. DOI:10.1002/nau.20645. PMID 18951451. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Jahn P, Preuss M, Kernig A, Seifert-Hühmer A, Langer G (2007). "Types of indwelling urinary catheters for long-term bladder drainage in adults". Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) (3): CD004997. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD004997.pub2. PMID 17636782. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Moore KN, Fader M, Getliffe K (2007). "Long-term bladder management by intermittent catheterisation in adults and children". Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) (4): CD006008. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD006008.pub2. PMID 17943874. Research Blogging.