Longer Duration of Urinary Catheterization Increases Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in PICU - Concepedia

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Longer Duration of Urinary Catheterization Increases Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in PICU

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2018

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Kahoru Fukuoka, Mihoko Furuichi, Kenta Ito, Yoshihiko Morikawa, Ichiro Watanabe, Naoki Shimizu, Yuho Horikoshi

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

Longer duration of catheterization increased the risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infection by 5% each day at the PICU. Prompt removal of the urethral catheter is strongly recommended whenever feasible.

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