Encrustations of the urinary catheter and prevention strategies: a literature review.
Patients with an indwelling urinary catheter are at risk of developing urinary tract infection: for each day of the catheter remaining in situ, there is an increasing risk from 3% to 7% for infection to appear. One of the main complications of catheterization is the onset of encrustations, frequentl...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Urological Nursing Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 131 - 138 |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | review Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2015
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |