Catheterizing a patient with benign prostatic hypertrophy can be difficult. Patients with more than one orthopedic prosthesis as well as a pacemaker in place limit the options for placement of a grounding pad for electrosurgery use. Contractures, cervical spine deterioration, and peripheral vascular ...
It is the most common memory that patients with their ICU stay and inadequate analgesia and anxiety can precipitate accidental removal of endotracheal tubes or intravascular catheters used to track or administer life-sustaining medications. As a result, sedatives and analgesics are now becoming one ...
The effect of the periurethral cleansing range on catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) occurrence remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of expanded periurethral... Authors: Xingsong Qin, He Zhao, Wei Qin, Xinglei Qin, Songying Shen and Hongyu ...
Effect of pulmonary artery catheter, type & combination of vasoactives for optimizing lactate clearance in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock Jorge A. Ortega-Hernández, ... Alexandra Arias-MendozaApril 2025 Research articleAbstract only Hemodynamic effects of slower versus faster...
The intervening 5 years has seen a dramatic acceleration in the evidence base surrounding not only pharmacological management but in every aspect of STEMI care from the pre-hospital phase with rapid early diagnosis to the fine-tuning of the catheter laboratory processes of mechanical reperfusion ...
of chemotherapy for known metastatic lung cancer. As he had no history of urological disease, urethral catheterization was expected to be uneventful. The catheter was unable to be pulled back to the bladder neck once the balloon was inflated, and the patient expressed discomfort. Subsequent ...
Background: Urinary tract infections are the most common hospital acquired infection, with 80% associated with an indwelling foley catheter (FC). Incidence data on catheter related UTI (CRUTI) in pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients demonstrates median rates of 3-5 per 1000 catheter days...
Pre-operative cardiac catheter measurements of pulmonary artery oxygen saturation (PASO2) 100mm Hg and/or left ventriclar end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) . 20 mm Hg indicate the likelihood of a poor operative result. A more critical selection of patients for HMVR, including the above criteria, ...
Since COVID-19 is highly infectious, implementation of the prone positioning might require more manpower, thus further increasing the workload of medical personnel. Pressure injury of the skin and mucous, facial edema, corneal edema, displacement of the catheter, and airway obstruction must be avoi...
Custodial care differs from skilled care, which can only be provided by or under the supervision of licensed and trained medical professionals. A beneficiary of skilled care may be someone undergoing physical therapy, recovering from an accident, in need of intravenous injections, or requiring cathet...