Single-use catheters are an expensive and environmentally unfriendly option for patients with urinary retention. The COMpARE randomized trial tested the safety of reusable catheters for this ...

Hillview resident Gerri Cooper-Cox is wearing shorts this summer for the first time in 10 years. That's how long it's been since she developed varicose veins in her right calf that made her ...

Predictive Value of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer/American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Classification of Lung Adenocarcinoma in Tumor Recurrence and ...

A new survey has revealed significant levels of patient concern about the prospect of being asked to administer a reusable catheter, which require the user to wash and re-use their device. Patients ...

August 24, 2010 — Reminder systems may reduce catheter-associated urinary infections (CAUTIs) and catheter use in hospitalized patients, according to the results of a systematic review and ...

"Wheelchair athletes from wealthier countries would only use each catheter once while athletes from developing countries would clean and reuse their catheters again and again," said Dr. Andrei ...

Insulated microdiameter wire designs can be manufactured reliably down to sizes of around 0.001 in. (0.026 mm). Most applications currently use diameters within the range of 0.0025–0.0075 in. (0.064–0 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Continuous peripheral nerve block has been shown to be superior to traditional opioid-based analgesia in terms ...

Traditional open heart surgery remains the preferred method to repair many heart defects, according to Dr. Scott Burke, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne.

“There was no cutting, no stitching,” Dr. Sathanandam told Local 10. He said the VR system let the team study Matthew’s ...

If you ask your doctor where a single-use anal catheter has been before the doctor uses it on you, there should be only one answer: in the packaging. Any other answer should be unacceptable.