Evaluating the Potential of a New Low-Profile Urinary Catheter in Preventing Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Prospective Randomized Blinded Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the efficacy of a new low-profile catheter on incidence of the catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) in comatose patients admitted to the intensive care unit.

Background

Catheter-induced urothelial injury is a key component in the development of urinary tract infections in catheterized patients.

Methods

In this prospective randomized blinded clinical trial, 80 patients requiring indwelling urinary catheterization were equally randomized to either the standard Foley catheter (control) or the low-profile catheter (experimental) group. The signs of urinary tract infection for comatose patients were considered (ie, ≥10⁵ of colony-forming unit/milliliter of urine, hematuria, serum leukocytes, and body temperature) and recorded a

SUBMITTER: Ramezani F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10638883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature