Urinary tract infection

carries urine out of the body. The cause may also be an infection that originates in the bladder or the positioning of a contaminated catheter…

The Centers of Disease Control has provided set guidelines for urinary catheter regulations and control with the last updates in 2009 and wasn’t accessed due to the lack of relevancy. (2009) More recently, the National Clinical Guideline Centre in the United Kingdom offered resembling U.S. guidelines as recently as 2012. The NCGC, as well as the CDC is referenced as saying intermittent straight catheter usage is recommended instead of long term catheter usage to reduce risk of CAUTI. It is noted…

spinal cord injury (SCI). In 2008, there were 259,000 people living in the US with a SCI, with 12,000 new cases arising every year. Additionally, 2,000 babies with SB were born every year adding to the already existing patients. In contrast, the Neo-Urinary Conduit has a larger patient population because it targets the fifth most common cancer, bladder cancer. In 2008, there was an estimated 500,000 US patients who survived bladder cancer and 71,000 new cases every year. Taking only these…

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in one of the children that you have to beware. UTI can strike children at any age, even children were babies. UTI can cause a variety of symptoms that are very painful and disturbing the comfort of the child, including fever, vomiting, pain during urination, abdominal pain, and convulsions. In severe UTI, the UTI even should be hospitalized. UTI is caused by germs that interfere with the kidney tissue. So that this doesn't happen in children, we…

primary function of the urinary system is to “produce, store, and excrete urine from the body.” (Zimmermann) The kidneys are the organs in the body that filter waste and water from blood. This waste is called urine, which flows from the kidneys to the ureters, and is stored briefly in the bladder. As the bladder expands and becomes full, urine is released through the urethra. 2. A urinary tract infection, also known as a UTI, occurs when “bacteria gets into the urinary tract and multiplies.”…

is an infection that has spread to the blood (sepsis) from the urinary tract. The urinary tract includes the kidneys, the tubes that connect the kidneys to the bladder (ureters), the bladder, and the tube that passes urine out of the body (urethra). These organs make, store, and pass urine from the body. Urosepsis is a severe illness that can be life-threatening if it is not treated immediately. CAUSES The cause of this condition is a bacterial infection that starts in your urinary tract…

Urinary tract infections (UTI) still cause significant morbidity in patients with spinal cord injury, although mortality due to urinary tract complications has decreased dramatically (1). Patients with spinal cord injurie (SCI) and complete or incomplete paraplegia are prone to frequent, recurrent or chronic UTI. The reason for the increased risk of acquiring UTI is multifactorial, including reduced sensation of classical UTI symptoms, incomplete bladder emptying, frequent catheterizations or…

As a health science major or even someone adequately informed on healthcare knowledge knows which populations are more susceptible to infections. Those populations being children, elderly, and immune deficient or compromised populations. While the immune comprised are just how their title makes them sound, their immune systems do not function properly whether it is due to genetics or simply something they are going through health wise. Children however have not yet had the chance to build up…

The uses of indwelling catheters are very common in today’s healthcare. An indwelling urinary catheter is used to drain the bladder in situations like urinary incontinence, urinary retention and certain surgeries (Updated by: Jennifer Sobol, 2015). Indwelling urethral catheters are placed in the bladder and can be used for a short or long periods of time (Updated by: Jennifer Sobol, 2015). The catheter is first inserted through the urethra and then right after a small balloon is inflated which…

“It is one of the most common causes of infections in catheters and implants due to the increase in usage of biomaterials in the clinical environment”. (Mack) Staphylococcus epidermidis is one of the most common organisms that cause nosocomial infections because of its ability to colonize in skin and contaminate anything with ease. “This likely stems from the fact that S. epidermidis is a permanent…