Fifty-seven percent of patients who received a urinary catheter while hospitalized said the catheter resulted in at least one complication, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found. The ...

(HealthDay)—Even when appropriately used, urinary catheters are often left in place longer than necessary in hospitalized patients, according to a perspective piece published online Dec. 15 in JAMA ...

Patients undergoing joint replacement under epidural anesthesia have no increased risk for postoperative adverse genitourinary (GU) complications by skipping preoperative indwelling urinary catheters, ...

Intermittent catheterization every 6 hours in postpartum women with urinary retention may be a better strategy than extended catheterization over 24 hours, a new prospective, randomized, controlled ...

A man died from blood poisoning after his penis filled with blood due to a misplaced catheter. His family has filed a lawsuit seeking damages for the pain and anguish the man experienced. There are ...

Joint replacement surgery can be performed safely without using a Foley urinary catheter, which for years has been used as a part of the standard practice for this type of surgery. Joint replacement ...

Jessica Nguyen, a fourth-year student at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, received a letter of distinction for a research project that looked at urinary catheter complications. Jessica ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – A physician at Intermountain Health is leading a national effort to reduce one of the most common types of infections that occur in hospital patients to improve care and ...