The physicochemical basis of urinary catheter encrustation

BJU International

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 770-775

  Choong, S K S ^a   Hallson, P ^b   Whitfield, H N ^a   Fry, C H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter encrustation; Urinary Ca2+ ; Urinary pH

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; URINALYSIS; URINE CATHETER; URINE PH;

CALCIUM; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0032928262     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00014.x     Document Type: Article

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