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2. Intermittent catheterisation - Wikipedia

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   Intermittent catheters come in a variety of designs and differ depending on the user's genitals, with a catheter for a penis being longer and a catheter for a vulva being shorter. The catheter is inserted into the urethra by the patient or a carer and can either be directed down a toilet or, if measurement of volume is required, into a ...

3. Urinary catheterization - Wikipedia

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   During long-term use, the catheter may be left in place all the time, or a patient may be instructed on a procedure for placing a catheter just long enough to empty the bladder and then removing it (known as intermittent self-catheterization). Patients undergoing major surgery are often catheterized and may remain so for some time. The patient ...

4. Urinary retention - Wikipedia

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   Patients can be taught to use a self catheterization technique in one simple demonstration, [11] and that reduces the rate of infection from long-term Foley catheters. Self catheterization requires doing the procedure periodically during the day, the frequency depending on fluid intake and bladder capacity.

5. Urine collection device - Wikipedia

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   Complications can increase in severity and frequency over time. Up to 40% of condom catheter users will develop a urinary tract infection with long-term use. [3] 15% of long term users may develop skin injuries, including inflammation, ulceration, necrosis, gangrene and constriction of the penis. [4]

6. Bacteriuria - Wikipedia

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   In nursing homes rates are as high as 50% among women and 40% in men. [5] In those with a long term indwelling urinary catheter rates are 100%. [5] Up to 10% of women have a urinary tract infection in a given year and half of all women have at least one infection at some point in their lives.

7. Urinary tract infection - Wikipedia

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   They are more common in women than men, but similar between anatomies while carrying indwelling catheters. [7] [18] In women, they are the most common form of bacterial infection. [19] Up to 10% of women have a urinary tract infection in a given year, and half of women have at least one infection at some point in their lifetime.