Prevention and Treatment of Urinary Catheter-Related Infections in Older Patients
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 4 (5) , 379-391
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199404050-00003
Abstract
The elderly population is more likely to have urinary catheters used than younger populations. Most patients with short term indwelling catheters (those in place less than 30 days) will be residents...Keywords
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