Restriction of Long‐term Indwelling Urethral Catheterisation in the Elderly

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 683-688

  COOLS, H J M ^a,b   MEER, J W M VAN DER ^a,b  

^a Bieslandhof Centre for Nursing and Rehabilitation ^*  (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY; URINARY TRACT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIURIA; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URETHRA; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0022967244     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.1986.tb05912.x     Document Type: Article

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