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Synopsis: 5. medicine & health: Medical instruments: Catheter:

When patients are catheterized any bacterium present on the catheter can easily swim or swarm its way up the urinary tract to infect bladder cells.

 Cranberry-laced catheters The concentrations of cranberry powder that were effective in disabling E coli

In future research however Tufenkji plans to examine the effects of embedding cranberry powder into catheters themselves.

By using a catheter running from the nose down to the throat doctors may also use a probe to monitor the amount of stomach acid in the esophagus in a technique called esophageal ph monitoring.

Doctors may also perform an esophageal manometry to measure the pressure where the throat joins the stomach by using a catheter.

because having a catheter inserted is a regular procedure for the hundreds of thousands of kidney dialysis patients.

The main culprit Staph aureus lives on our skin and can cause infection around catheters used during treatment of dialysis-related infections.

or a daily application of medical grade honey to the site of catheter insertion. The study found no significant differences in infection rates

While honey therapy was worse than antibiotics for diabetics the authors found the most important factor for preventing infection in all patients was how well the catheter was inserted and fixed.

because P. mirabilis is the main bacterium behind UTIS caused by catheters in hospitals. Scientists think that P. mirabilis can migrate up the catheter into the urinary tract.

So a catheter dusted or infused with cranberry might prevent infection. Indeed a second paper by Tufenkji's group posted online in advance of publication in the journal Colloids

and Surfaces B the Mcgill scientists demonstrated this is possible. We showed that we can embed cranberry derivatives into silicone

which is used a commonly material to make catheters Tufenkji told Livescience. Once the cranberry is in the silicone we found that it is still bioactive;

and spreading on the catheter surface. Tufenkji's earlier work found that chemicals in cranberries called proanthocyanidins (PACS) similarly hindered the gene in E coli responsible for growing flagellar filament.

Patients with catheters can develop a rare complication called purple urine bag syndrome linked to a urinary tract infection and highly alkaline urine.

while they are in hospitals from their catheters breathing machines and other invasive equipment. What is the CDC going to do about it?

</i>from the things you describe above (catheters'breathing machines')as far as I'm aware.

They ran a catheter up a vein in Nemo's neck to a port behind his ear creating a route for delivering drugs where they would be most effective

The findings also point to the potential for cranberry derivatives to be used to prevent bacterial colonization in medical devices such as catheters.

Biointerfaces point to potential use for cranberry derivatives to hinder the spread of germs in implantable medical devices such as catheters

Based on the demonstrated bioactivity of cranberry its use in catheters and other medical devices could someday yield considerable benefits to patient health Tufenkji says.

but we hope to work with fetal medicine specialists to create a lifesaving catheter-based treatment for infants diagnosed with congenital heart block Cingolani said.

In the study laboratory pigs with complete heart block were injected with the gene called TBX18 during a minimally invasive catheter procedure.

but we hope to work with fetal medicine specialists to create a lifesaving catheter-based treatment for infants diagnosed with congenital heart block Cingolani said.

In the study laboratory pigs with complete heart block were injected with the gene called TBX18 during a minimally invasive catheter procedure.

and heartbeat of the patient via sensors embedded in the catheter that had been inserted into the patient heart.

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