Tag Archive: catheterization

Bladder Condition

Promising Treatment for Bladder Condition

By Andy Winnegar | For The New Mexican While I was sitting through a meeting in Albuquerque 25 years ago, something shifted in back. I couldn’t stand up straight and I could barely walk. I had to crawl out of my chair and hobble to my car for the drive back to Santa Fe. A… Continue reading Promising Treatment for Bladder Condition

Aimee Sharp
Tipos de catéteres

Types of Catheters: Catheters 101

Are you new to using catheters, or do you know someone who is? Learn all about the different types of catheters and when they are used in this article.

Sarah McIlvaine
Management of Indwelling Urinary Catheters

How to Insert and Secure an Indwelling Urinary Catheter

Management of indwelling urinary catheters is important for the health of the patient. Read this article for best practices for insertion and securement.

Aimee Sharp
special needs child: toilet habits

Children with Special Needs: Toilet Habits After Malone (MACE) and Mitrofanoff Procedures

In this video, Ben’s mom talks about why they decided to have these procedures and how it's helped with toilet habits for her special needs child.

Aimee Sharp
Indwelling Urethral Catheter

Appropriate and Inappropriate Use of Indwelling Urethral Catheterization (IUC)

Read this article for a quick overview of what a Indwelling Urethral Catheter (IUC) is, and when it should or should not be used for a patient.

Aimee Sharp
Indwelling Catheters

Indwelling Catheters (Foley Catheters)

An indwelling catheter (also know as a Foley catheter, because that is the type most often used) is a  catheter that stays inside the body during its use. This is how it differs from external catheters (such as condom catheters or female external catheters), which remain completely outside the body, or intermittent catheters, which are… Continue reading Indwelling Catheters (Foley Catheters)

Aimee Sharp
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