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Pulmonology • Nephrology • Cardiology • Critical Care • Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant • Hospital Medicine • General Hospital Medicine
How do you weigh the benefit of urinary catheter placement for strict I/O measurement with the risk of avoidable CAUTI?
How does your approach vary by indication (critical illness, acute renal failure, hyponatremia, diuresis, etc.)?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
Our hospital's approach, which is consistent with CDC guidance, limits urinary catheters (UC) for I/O measurement to critically ill patients. We clarify that the information from the UC should be used at least q1-2 hours, otherwise it can be obtained in other ways (noninvasive collection, bladder sc...
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