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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. 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]

5. Central venous catheter - Wikipedia

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   For short-term CVC sites, dressings must be changed at least every 7 days for transparent dressings, and every 2 days for gauze dressings. For long-term implanted or tunneled catheters, dressings are to be changed no more than once weekly unless soiled or loose. Routine removal and replacement of a central venous catheter is not recommended.

6. Peripherally inserted central catheter - Wikipedia

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   A peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC or PICC line), also called a percutaneous indwelling central catheter or longline, [1] is a form of intravenous access that can be used for a prolonged period of time (e.g., for long chemotherapy regimens, extended antibiotic therapy, or total parenteral nutrition) or for administration of substances that should not be done peripherally (e.g ...

7. Hickman line - Wikipedia

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   A Hickman line two-lumen catheter inserted on the patient's left side. Scars at the base of the neck indicate the venotomy site and insertion point into the left jugular vein . A Hickman line is a central venous catheter most often used for the administration of chemotherapy or other medications, as well as for the withdrawal of blood for analysis.

8. Suprapubic cystostomy - Wikipedia

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   Long-term usage (if left in urethral long-term catheters, this can lead to acquired hypospadias and recurrent/chronic UTIs, urinary tract infections). Illustrations Various settings of a 6 French pigtail catheter with locking string, obturator (also called stiffening cannula ), and puncture needle.

9. Dialysis catheter - Wikipedia

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   If a patient requires long-term dialysis therapy, a chronic dialysis catheter will be inserted. Chronic catheters contain a dacron cuff that is tunneled beneath the skin approximately 3–8 cm. The tunnel is thought to add a barrier to infection. The most popular dialysis catheter sold on the market today is the Symmetrical-Tip dialysis ...