Study design: Literature review to evaluate the complications seen in patients on intermittent catheterization (IC) and intermittent self-catheterization (ISC). Objectives: To find the prevalence of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Not fasting before cardiac catheterization procedures with conscious sedation was just as safe as fasting.

When patients present to the emergency department with symptoms of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or myocardial infarction (MI), but they have recently had a "negative" cardiac catheterization, ...

As the US healthcare system continues to grapple with the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as states begin reopening facilities for elective procedures, healthcare providers are facing ...

No restriction of oral food intake prior to nonemergent cardiac catheterization is as safe as the current traditional NPO [nothing by mouth] strategy, results from a large, single-center, randomized ...

Dr. Nissen answers the question: 'When Do I Do A Cardiac Catheterization?' — -- Question: When is it necessary to do an actual cardiac catheterization during the diagnosis of a heart attack?

Study design: Literature review to evaluate the practical techniques used for intermittent catheterization (IC) and intermittent self-catheterization (ISC). Objectives: To ascertain the requirements ...

The specialist will insert a small thin tube (called a sheath) into your blood vessels, with another small thin tube inside it called a catheter. They will guide the catheter inside the sheath through ...

A urinary catheter is a medical device used to empty the bladder when a patient is unable to do so naturally. Catheters usually have a drainage bag to capture the urine. For bedridden patients, the ...

from left to right: Katherine Thornton, President, Reading Hospital Foundation; Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz, Pennsylvania State Representative; Michael Stern, Tower Health President and COO; P. Sue ...

Doctors are now able to image the heart and coronary arteries with a CT scan, avoiding in some cases the need for an invasive test that involves snaking a catheter through the arteries themselves.