Foley Catheter Case

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Review of the medical record indicates that she was recently admitted to MHS for complaints of increasing fatigue, lethargy and leakage from her indwelling foley catheter. She had a urology consulted with Dr. Beltran for evaluation of chronic indwelling urinary catheter and persistent leakage with recurrent UTI. Review of her medical history indicates multiple sclerosis, UTI, Memory loss, Pressure ulcer, facial neuralgia, blood transfusion, chronic kidney disease, decubitus ulcer of back, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), hypertension and legally blind.
At today’s visit she is accompanied by her husband. She is found lying in bed at home. She is alert and oriented times 2. The husband reports that during her recent hospital stay she

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