Indwelling urinary catheters: A one-point restraint?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-127

  Saint, Sanjay ^a   Lipsky, Benjamin A ^a   Goold, Susan Dorr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIURIA; CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0037118667     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-137-2-200207160-00012     Document Type: Short Survey

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