Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Current guidelines endorse a cutoff of 50,000 colony-forming units per milliliter in urine to determine UTIs. A ...

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), a frequent although rarely serious healthcare complication, has moved into the spotlight. The reason? The Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) has ...

Children who have a disorder that prevents bladder emptying need a way to keep their bladder from being constantly full, getting infected, or damaging their kidneys as the result of backflow (reflux).

Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend obtaining a voiding cystourethrogram and a renal ultrasonogram for young children after a first urinary tract infection; renal scanning ...

Most children with neurogenic bladder (NGB) and diagnosed with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) in the emergency ...

It’s not uncommon to have trouble urinating after surgery. While most cases of postoperative urinary retention resolve on their own, you may need to temporarily use a catheter or take medication to ...

Urinary catheters are required for nearly every surgical procedure. However, a major challenge for the health care industry is predicting who may develop catheter-associated urinary tract infections ...

Postoperative urinary retention (POUR) was common following inguinal hernia surgery in an international cohort study. Among 4,151 adults across 32 countries, incidence of needing bladder decompression ...

Recent study findings show postoperative location, urinary catheter insertion and use of an implantable device could be risk factors for surgical site infection among pediatric patients, according to ...

A doctoral student at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing is working with a team of nurse and physician leaders to examine the use of urinary catheters, and related urinary tract infections, in ...