The clinical benefits of the bladder scanner. A research synthesis

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 188-192

  Sparks, Amy ^a,b   Boyer, Deborah ^a   Gambrel, Alison ^a   Lovett, Michette ^a   Johnson, Jacquelyn ^a   Richards, Terry ^a   Johnson, Jennifer ^a   Grimm, Etta ^a   Daniels, Christine ^a   Tylka, Sharon ^a   Mattingly, Holly ^a   Harper, Michelle ^a   Palermo, Donna ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER; BLADDER CAPACITY; CATHETERIZATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PATIENT CARE; RESIDUAL URINE; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; CROSS INFECTION; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; URODYNAMICS;

CROSS INFECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 4544239806     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200407000-00003     Document Type: Review

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