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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – A physician at Intermountain Health is leading a national effort to reduce one of the most common types of infections that occur in hospital patients to improve care and ...

Clinicians managing patients with neurogenic bladder (NGB) and neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) are faced with a myriad of complex choices when deciding on appropriate medical and/or surgical ...

Joint replacement surgery can be performed safely without using a Foley urinary catheter, which for years has been used as a part of the standard practice for this type of surgery. Joint replacement ...