Longstanding practice patterns are hard to change, but in a project led by Michigan hospital researchers, 71 organizations reduced their overall percentage of inappropriate urinary catheter use from ...

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A catheter treatment is more effective than drug therapy in treating some patients with atrial fibrillation, according to new research. Atrial fibrillation is a common heart rhythm problem that ...

A urostomy bag and a catheter are two different devices that can help drain and collect urine from your body. A urostomy is often permanent, whereas a catheter is not. If you have certain medical ...

The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter allows specialists to diagnose or test for major heart issues without requiring you to undergo major surgery. Usually, it’s a diagnostic tool for people in ...

Photoacoustic imaging is an imaging modality related to ultrasound imaging. A light source is inserted into a hollow-core needle and used to illuminate the patient's tissues. The tissue expands, ...

The patient with the bad heart valve will be in his 60s, say, someone who tires easily because of impaired blood flow but is otherwise in pretty good health. His is an informed consumer and has seen ...

Automated modules can be linked together in different ways to handle a variety of coating applications. Harland Medical Systems uses EFD's precision spray valves to apply a UV-curable coating to ...

February is Heart Health Month and a common condition is atrial fibrillation - as much as six million Americans are diagnosed with this type of abnormal heart beat. As Health Reporter Erin Billups ...

An expensive catheter procedure does not help to reduce the recurrent stroke risk than medical therapy alone, finds a new study. In the CLOSURE I trial, clinical researchers compared a catheter ...

A new analysis conducted by investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute shows for the first time that patients with a common heart defect who undergo catheter-based valve replacement ...

An indwelling urinary catheter is a commonly used medical device but its use is associated with complications (DH, 2005; 2003). Any patient with a catheter should be reviewed regularly (NICE, 2003) ...