Types of urethral catheter for reducing symptomatic urinary tract infections in hospitalised adults requiring short-term catheterisation: Multicentre randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of antimicrobial- and antisepticimpregnated urethral catheters (the CATHETER trial)

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 47, 2012, Pages

  Pickard, R ^a   Lam, T ^b   MacLennan, G ^c   Starr, K ^b,c   Kilonzo, M ^b   McPherson, G ^c   Gillies, K ^c   McDonald, A ^c   Walton, K ^d   Buckley, B ^e   Glazener, C ^c   Boachie, C ^c   Burr, J ^c   Norrie, J ^c   Vale, L ^a,c   Grant, A ^b   N'Dow, J ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROFURAL; POLITEF; SILVER; SILVER ALLOY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATHETER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MATERIAL COATING; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROFURAZONE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SILVER; URINARY CATHETERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871476764     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta16470     Document Type: Article

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