title: Producing catheterisation guidelines for patients who have oliguria.
abstract: Little guidance is provided in the literature on whether and when to catheterise patients whose urine output is low. In response to this problem, one nurse in critical care developed an algorithm with a multidisciplinary group of colleagues that would provide a simple, step-by-step guide to reaching a decision on catheterisation in this group of patients.
authors.affiliation: ITU, Whittington Hospital, London.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pepperell
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000465:Algorithms; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009846:Oliguria / Q000451:nursing*; D018579:Patient Selection; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000451:nursing*