muscle complex, and levator muscle fibers are completely divided in the midline. Sometimes, the coccyx can be split in the midline with cautery, particularly in those cases of a rectoprostatic fistula when the surgeon requires more exposure in the upper part of the incision. The higher the ...
One application found for Pebax was in catheters for infusing an epidural anaesthetic into pregnant women during labour. The anaesthetic may be requested to ease the lower abdomen pain when giving birth. So how is it administered? The thin (1 mm outer diameter) catheter of length one metre, ...
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate safety and efficacy of balloon catheter for labor induction in women with previous cesarean section. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In a multicenter retrospective cohort study, 151 patients were included with the following criteria: pregnancy over 37 weeks, singleton, vertex presentation,...
The article presents a study which compares the efficacy and safety of Foley catheter and vaginal prostaglandin E2 gel for the induction of labour in women with unfavourable cervix at term. The study conducts open label, randomised controlled trial and meta-analysis to determine the effectiveness of...
Pre-Frailty and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Elderly Men and Women: The Pro.V.A. Study Background Frailty is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the impact of early, potentially reversible stages of frailty on CVD r... G Sergi,N Veronese,L Fontana,... -...
Long-term studies in animals have not been performed to evaluate the carcinogenic potential or the effect on fertility. Pregnancy There are no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Cathflo Activase should be used during pregnancy only if the potential benefit justifies the potential...
56 Apparently the presence of the urinary catheter alters the physiology of the urinary tract and predisposes the individual to infection, because studies in healthy, noncatheterized women show that introduction of organisms into the bladder rarely leads to high-level bacteriuria.56 However, in ...
Unlike Chen et al.'s analysis showing the increased risk of chorioamnionitis in women with intracervical Foley catheter [16], risk for chorioamnionitis was not increased with intracervical Foley catheter in our current study. This is perhaps due to the rupture of membrane being excluded from ...
The patients randomized to catheter ablation had a median age of 68 years, 37.3% were women, and 10.2% belonged to racial or ethnic minorities. The patients randomized to drug therapy had a median age of 67 years, 37.0% were women, and 10.2% belonged to racial or ethnic minorities. ...
The longer the catheter remains in the patient, the more likely it is to cause this type of infections: the risk of infection is 1–2% for a single day catheterization, with this percentage increasing by approximately 10% each additional day in women, and approximately 3–4% in men [9]....