Effects of Allopurinol (Zyloric®) in Patients with Long-Term Indwelling Urethral Catheters
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of International Medical Research
- Vol. 11 (2) , 116-119
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030006058301100210
Abstract
A randomized double-blind study of the effect of allopurinol on the need for catheter attention and the amount of catheter encrustation has been conducted in hospitalized patients with long-term indwelling catheters. Allopurinol 300 mg as a single daily dose significantly reduced the frequency of need for catheter attention including catheter change. There was no significant effect on the quantity of catheter encrustation.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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- The effects of varying water intake and of other measures on the relative saturation of stone-forming salts in the urine of spinal cord patientsSpinal Cord, 1979
- The Management of Indwelling CathetersBritish Journal of Urology, 1978