new YORK (Reuters Health) – the use of catheters for
Foley could raise the risk of developing an infection
urinary ( IU), among other complications.
“To infections of the urinary tract provided much
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attention as a complication of the use of catheters for
Foley. “We find that the injuries Genitourinary associated with
those devices, ranging from bleeding under a the
bladder perforation, are a risk extra”, said Dr.
Anne-Marie Leuck.
“, The majority of prescription antibiotics are
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unnecessary”, he added.
In Journal of medicine, Leuck, of the University team
of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, reviewed the clinical records of
patients placed in Veteran Affairs Medical Center
of Minneapolis, which had used a Foley catheter
over a period of 16 months. The catheters were controlled all
days.
In the 6.513 revealed days, the urianálisis crops of
made in 407 days urine revealed 116 likely IU, with
clinical signs only in 21 (18 per cent). 81 By
cent of these cases indicated antimicrobial.
The same drugs used in 41 percent of the
95 cases of asymptomatic bacteriuria. Although the proportion not
was higher, the number of asymptomatic patients treated
was significantly superior.
In addition, there were 100 cases of associated Genitourinary injuries
with the use of a catheter (1.5 per cent of the days of use
Foley catheters), including 32 who demanded
interventions, such as prolonged catheterization or
cystoscopy.
In fact, this type of injury was so common as the
symptomatic infections.
“The attention that is given to the infection as the
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main complication associated with Foley catheters would be
counterproductive, as it would make doctors overlooked
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other important risks”, writes the team.
Leuck added that “the best way to prevent infection, the
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unnecessary use of antibiotics and injuries is to concentrate the
efforts to eradicate the unnecessary use of catheters for
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Foley”.
Source: Journal of medicine, online March 15, 2012
