Urethral catheterization of the female dog is known to be a challenging procedure. The authors describe a catheterization technique in which they use a rigid endoscope to visualize the canine ...

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 ...

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 ...

Intraoperative urinary catheters do not reduce the risk for postoperative urinary retention (PUR) after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, according to a study published online June 15 in JAMA ...

Urethral catheterization in females is used to collect urine for diagnostic procedures like monitoring urine output or for therapeutic purposes like relieving urinary retention, instilling medications ...

Each facility should have written guidelines on the use, insertion, and maintenance of urinary catheters. These guidelines should specify the indications for urinary catheters and restrict their use ...

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 ...

Updated consensus recommendations provide strategies for preventing both catheter-associated and noncatheter-associated UTIs.

Among over 450 such patients, no significant difference was observed in the rate of PUR for those who received an intraoperative catheter placement versus those who did not (9.6% vs 8.5%, respectively ...