Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), a common cause of healthcare-associated infections, are caused by a diverse array of pathogens that are increasingly becoming antibiotic resistant. We analyze the microbial occurrences in catheter and urine samples from 55 human long-term catheteri...
Long-term indwelling urinary cathetersEarly urinary catheter removal from patients cared for in their own home is often difficult because of incontinence and care burdens, resulting in long duration of catheterization. Urinary tract infection and catheter blockage are major complications associated with ...
The minimum duration of AF needed to benefit from long-term OAC remains unknown, but, in this study, a post hoc analysis identifying the longest AF episode at 12 months showed that AF events frequently lasted more than 1 hour and all patients had a minimum CHA2DS2-VASc score of 2 (prior...
Long-term use of peripherally inserted central venous catheters for cancer chemotherapy in children. Support Care Cancer. 2006; 14 :153–60. [ PubMed ]Matsuzaki A, Suminoe A, Koga Y, Hatano M, Hattori S, Hara T. Long-term use of peripherally inserted central venous catheters for cancer ...
Baroreflex dysfunction is a diffuse chronic condition that is expected to be followed by a profound loss of organization of BP and HR variability. Nevertheless, long-term effects of baroreflex withdrawal are still debated. Aim of our work was to study BP
The consequence of excess body weight on mortality is delayed and may not be seen in short-term studies such as this one 19, 20. The effects of obesity increase with the duration of follow-up and the age of the subjects, with increased mortality in the very lean patients during the ...
Therefore, the current study investigated the clinical and anatomical features to predict the long-term outcomes in patients with FFR-guided deferred lesions, verified by IVUS. Methods Study population The study population was retrospectively enrolled from 4 centers (Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital,...
(12,13,15,16), whereas none of the 31 catheter ablation papers reported this variable. The reported surgical group had a more chronic AF duration, larger LA diameter and poorer LVEF (Table 2), yet showed almost identical long-term freedom from recurrence when overlaid on the aggregated KM ...
Treatment of chronic total native coronary artery occlusions with stent deployment with or without debulking results in favorable short- and long-term clinical outcomes. The TLR rates were similar in the two strategies, indicating the success of plaque burden reduction prior to stenting in longer and...
Long-term follow-up data on differential effects of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) according to lesion complexity are limited in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The current study compared long-term clinical outcomes between