Beaumont Sees Results in Nation's 1st Urinary Nerve Rewiring Surgeries for Spina Bifida Patients
... remarkably, in most patients, the brain was able to take over and control urination normally. This will allow them to attend school without being catheterized and to play with other children without the embarrassment of soiling themselves. It also means fewer urinary tract infections resulting from catheteri...Unnecessary Catheterization Puts Elderly Patients at Risk
...e San Francisco VA Medical Center. None of the 378 catheterized patients had a medical condition indicating a need... five or more risk factors had a 50% risk of being catheterized unnecessarily. ‘None of these factors are in thems...up study on what happens to patients who have been catheterized unnecessarily: ‘Are they more likely to decline an...Swimming 'to the left' gets bacteria upstream, and may promote infection
...mming of bacteria may be relevant to the transport of E. coli in the urinary tract," said Köser. "It might also explain the high rates of infection in catheterized patients and the incidence of microbial contamination at protected wellheads. To our knowledge, this is the first time that a natural propensity to sw...NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results
...t showed NVC-422 was well tolerated in the bladder as a lavage solution for catheterized patients. In November 2008, the company commenced patient enrollment in a Phase II exploratory study of hospitalized patients who are catheterized and have bacteriuria. Data from this ongoing study, which is expected late...