A prospective registration of catheter life and catheter interventions in patients with long-term indwelling urinary catheters

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 401-405

  Jonsson, Karin ^a   E Son Loft, Anna Lena ^a   Nasic, Salmir ^a   Hedelin, Hans ^a  

^a SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

antibiotic treatment; catheter complications; catheter life; long term indwelling catheters

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CATHETER INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERIAL STATE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 80955124137     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599.2011.590998     Document Type: Article

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