Complications of Foley catheters—is infection the greatest risk?
AM Leuck, D Wright, LA Ellingson, L Kraemer… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Foley catheters cause a variety of harms, including infection, pain and trauma.
Although symptomatic urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria are frequently
discussed, genitourinary trauma receives comparatively little attention. MATERIALS AND
METHODS: A dedicated Foley catheter nurse prospectively reviewed the medical records of
inpatients with a Foley catheter at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center from
August 21, 2008 to December 31, 2009. Daily surveillance included Foley catheter related …
Although symptomatic urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria are frequently
discussed, genitourinary trauma receives comparatively little attention. MATERIALS AND
METHODS: A dedicated Foley catheter nurse prospectively reviewed the medical records of
inpatients with a Foley catheter at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center from
August 21, 2008 to December 31, 2009. Daily surveillance included Foley catheter related …
