Removal of catheter at midnight versus early morning: The patients' perspective

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 26-29

  Ganta, S B ^a   Chakravarti, A ^a   Somani, B ^a,b   Jones, M A ^a   Kadow, K ^a  

^a SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catheter removal, midnight vs. early morning; Frequency, catheter removal impact; Time, catheter removal

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXPERIENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINE CATHETER;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC DISEASES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINATION;

EID: 22544472155     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085923     Document Type: Article

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