Urinary catheter blockage depends on urine pH, calcium and rate of flow.
Urinary catheters tend to block when biofilm from urease-producing organisms build up on the catheter surface. This is a locally-occurring process that influences and is influenced by the composition of the urine. In this work we relate urine pH and calcium to catheter blockage and suggest how to re...
| Publicado en: | Spinal Cord Vol. 35; no. 8; pp. 521 - 526 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Aug1997
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