Urethral catheterization: do nurses have adequate exposure?

Smoking and mental health: do we have adequate insight?

Spiritual dimension of mental health: do we have adequate insight?

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Ureteral Cannulation as a Complication of Urethral Catheterization

Urinary catheterization is a common procedure, particularly among patients with neurogenic bladder secondary to spinal cord injury. Urethral catheterization is associated with the well-recognized complications of catheter-associated urinary tract infections and limited genitourinary trauma. Unintentional ureteral cannulation represents a rare complication of urethral catheterization and has bee...

Cesarean section without urethral catheterization: a randomized control trial.

BACKGROUND Urethral catheterization is done as a routine procedure in cesarean section. It is associated with high incidence of urinary tract infections, discomfort, delayed ambulation and longer hospital stay. OBJECTIVE To determine the feasibility and safety of cesarean section without urethral catheterization. METHODS A prospective, randomized controlled trial was carried out from April ...

Enterovesical Fistula: A Rare Complication of Urethral Catheterization

This report describes the case of an eighty-two-year old lady with an indwelling urethral catheter inserted eight years prior to her presentation to manage her urinary incontinence. She underwent radiotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (stage T2b) in 1991 and had a laparotomy and drainage of an appendicular abscess in her early twenties. She presented with a short history of fecaluria, ...