A wireless device called the UroMonitor enables accurate, noninvasive monitoring of bladder pressure in patients with overactive bladder, reports a pilot study in the July issue of The Journal of ...

Urethral catheterization is an important diagnostic procedure in infants with suspected urinary tract infections (UTIs). Urine sufficient for culture and analysis is not always obtained, necessitating ...

The new intermittent catheter Luja™ addresses important risk factors for urinary tract infections, a significant burden for people using intermittent catheters as well as healthcare systems as a whole ...

Single-use catheters are an expensive and environmentally unfriendly option for patients with urinary retention. The COMpARE randomized trial tested the safety of reusable catheters for this ...

Urinary tract infections due to indwelling catheters are the fourth most common cause of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in the healthcare setting and account for greater than 12% of HAIs in the ...

THE usual method of culturing urine is to obtain a specimen from the bladder by catheterization and inoculate it in liquid mediums. If growth results, urinary-tract infection may be assumed to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Hundreds of thousands of people who use at-home catheters risk a troublesome – and occasionally ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current guidelines endorse a cutoff of 50,000 colony-forming units per milliliter in urine to determine UTIs. A ...

Spinal cord injuries have a profound effect on bladder as well as bowel function. There are several patterns of bladder dysfunction that develop. The problems that occur are very dependent on how the ...