Urinary Catheters. Urinary catheters are often used during surgery, as you can't control your bladder while under anesthesia.

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As many as one-fourth of all hospital inpatients may have a short-term, indwelling urinary catheter placed during their hospital stay. However, use of catheters can lead to the development of ...

The study aims to assess the Catheter and Affera system in patients who have ventricular tachycardia (VT) due to scarring ...

Figure 1 shows the variation in the percentages of inappropriate catheter use in the different hospitals. In the majority of the hospitals (n = 21), the percentage of inappropriate catheter use at ...

Nurses caring for patients with PICCs must be properly educated in device use, site care, and catheter maintenance, as well as recognition of complications. This article presents a comprehensive ...

InterVene announced today that it raised $13 million in a Series A financing round to support its Recana catheter system.

The FDA approved an early feasibility study of Medtronic’s Affera mapping and ablation system and Sphere-9 catheter in patients with ventricular tachycardia, an abnormal heart rhythm.

This pairs catheter ablation with a mini maze. The doctor uses radiofrequency ablation in the pulmonary vein, and a surgeon makes a small cut under your breastbone to use radiofrequency energy on ...

T-DOC ® Air-Charged™ disposable catheters use tiny pressure-sensing air balloons to assess internal pressures. Barely larger than the diameter of the catheter itself, these balloons offer ...

or use catheters or other similar devices. Be sure to ask the airline staff if the plane you'll be flying on has an accessible bathroom. Under the ACAA, most wide-body aircraft with more than one ...