Nursing management of paediatric urethral catheterisation.
This article outlines evidence-based approaches to paediatric catheterisation in acute care settings. The reasons for catheterisation, anatomy and physiology of the urinary system and the procedure and potential complications are discussed.
Bray
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Edge Hill College of Higher Education and Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool. smithl@edgehill.ac.uk
Sanders
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D019985:Benchmarking; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000600:supply & distribution; D002648:Child; D004282:Documentation; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009737:Nursing Records; D018579:Patient Selection; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D012307:Risk Factors; D014521:Urethra; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000033:anatomy & histology