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This study was aimed to compare normal saline solution (NSS) and Savlon solution for periurethral cleaning before indwelling urinary catheterization in reducing catheter-associated bacteriuria. METHODS. A randomized controlled, noninferiority, cross-over study to determine the incidence of significant ...
Using X-ray guidance, a wire (catheter) is inserted through a vein in the groin to reach the heart. Electrical recordings from inside the heart help locate the AV node. The AV node is destroyed (ablated) using heat delivered by the catheter. After successful ablation of the AV node, ...
Step 3. Another incision is made in the belly. Next, a tunnel is created under the skin from behind the ear, extending down the neck and chest and into the abdominal area. A peritoneal catheter is connected to the shunt/valve to carry the excess CSF to the belly, where it will be ab...
Focal infection with CNS in ·the bacteremic infants included: meningitis, 3 infants (7%), pne umonia, 7 infants (16%), and urinary tract infetion, I infant (2%). Twelve infants (29%) developed grossly bloody stools and abdominal distension at the time of diagnosis of CNS bacteremia. ...
Therefore, there was a possibility that some iNPH patients with severe urinary dysfunction had comorbid neurological disease, which led to unfavourable outcomes after shunt surgery in the iNPH patients. A longer disease duration was also related to unfavourable outcomes after shunt surgery in patients ...
We excluded three bed-ridden patients, four patients not evaluated per protocol, and one patient hospitalized due to a urinary tract infection 2 days after the tap test. A tap test was performed for the patients with possible iNPH within 1 month after the initial visit. One hun- dred twenty...
reflux. To ensure consistent contact of substances with the bladder, infusion was repeated twice within a 1-hour interval and a 1-ml syringe was maintained in the catheter end during this period. The catheter was removed, and mice were allowed to void normally. Twenty-four hours after ...
The biopsies were taken prior to and using the same route as for placing the ventricular catheter (anterior to the coronal suture and 3 cm from midline). The detailed procedure of the immunohistochemical analysis has been described previously [20]. From all samples, a neuropathologist analyzed ...
Ten days, on average, after admission in ICU, consecu- tive critically ill patients meeting the inclusion criteria were included. Inclusion criteria were: patients older than 18 years, with an arterial catheter, a urinary bladder catheter, a diuresis over 500 mL d-1. All patients had a ...