In the home-care setting, the prevalence of IUCs is growing with the increasing number of older adults. The median time of indwelling catheter use in home care is reported as 3 to 4 years. However, ...

Consider using alternatives to indwelling urethral catheterization in selected patients when appropriate. In the non-acute care setting ... the high priority recommendations for urinary catheter use, ...

For healthy children without other medical problems, a recent routine history and physical examination, (ie, 30–90 days prior) by their primary care or referring physician ... An arterial line and ...

Specific criteria for diagnosing symptomatic UTIs, catheter ... care. Poststroke disability, communication and cognitive difficulties, and transportation issues are some obvious hurdles for these ...

Caojiadu Neighborhood Health Center said it has an online reservation service to offer serious patients catheter care at home, while Zhuanqiao nursing center offers special care for people with ...

Receiving palliative care in your home reduces stress for everyone involved. In-home medical care preserves independence and ...

Similar postinsertion complication and technical survival rates are seen with single- and double-purse-string suture catheter insertion methods for peritoneal dialysis, according to a study published ...

Did you know palliative care is an option at home? More than six million people in the U.S. could benefit from palliative care, and, according to the Center to Advance Palliative Care, thousands ...

Although available in the U.S. since the 1990s, these programs—delivering acute medical care in a home setting through care coordination, telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM)—are now ...

Here are six takeaways from the letter: Cleveland Clinic Florida's hospital-at-home program has treated more than 2,800 patients, for conditions including heart failure, pneumonia and kidney ...