Prevention of asymptomatic bacteriuria with cranberries and Roselle juice in home-care patients with long-term urinary catheterization

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 152-156

  Lin, Shu Chuan ^a,b   Wang, Chao Chi ^a   Shih, Shou Chuan ^a,c   Tjung, Jin Jin ^a   Tsou, Meng Ting ^a   Lin, Cheng Jui ^a,c,d  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cranberry juice; Home care; Roselle juice; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BEVERAGE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANBERRY; CRANBERRY JUICE; DRINKING; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TEA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84922380273     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: 1873958X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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