Intravesicular pressure monitoring does not cause urinary tract infection

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1640-1643

  Cheatham, Michael L ^a   Sagraves, Scott G ^b   Johnson, Jeffery L ^c   White, Mark W ^d  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^d Holmes Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal compartment syndrome; Intra abdominal Hypertension; Intravesicular pressure; Monitoring; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSDUCER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

ABDOMEN; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33749256499     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0350-z     Document Type: Article

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