"Urinary Catheterization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Passage of a CATHETER into the URINARY BLADDER or kidney.
| Descriptor ID |
D014546
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.390.820 E02.148.947 E05.157.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Urinary Catheterization- Urinary Catheterization
- Catheterizations, Urinary
- Urinary Catheterizations
- Catheterization, Urinary
Catheterization, Ureteral- Catheterization, Ureteral
- Catheterizations, Ureteral
- Ureteral Catheterizations
- Ureteral Catheterization
Catheterization, Urethral- Catheterization, Urethral
- Catheterizations, Urethral
- Urethral Catheterizations
- Urethral Catheterization
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urinary Catheterization" by people in Profiles.
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Reducing CAUTI incidence: A multimodal and multidisciplinary approach for improved prevention and patient outcomes. Am J Infect Control. 2026 Apr; 54(4):389-395.
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Test Smart, Treat Smart-using clinician feedback to adapt a catheter-associated urinary tract infection intervention for spinal cord injury. PM R. 2025 Nov; 17 Suppl 2:S67-S80.
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Estimating individual risk of catheter-associated urinary tract infections using explainable artificial intelligence on clinical data. Am J Infect Control. 2025 Mar; 53(3):368-374.
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Managing External Urinary Catheters. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2024 Jun; 38(2):343-360.
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Association between age of starting clean intermittent catheterization and current urinary continence in individuals with myelomeningocele. J Pediatr Urol. 2022 Oct; 18(5):614.e1-614.e10.
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What do patients say about their experience with urinary catheters and peripherally inserted central catheters? Am J Infect Control. 2019 09; 47(9):1130-1134.
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A Multicenter Study of Patient-Reported Infectious and Noninfectious Complications Associated With Indwelling Urethral Catheters. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 08 01; 178(8):1078-1085.
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Assessing a National Collaborative Program To Prevent Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection in a Veterans Health Administration Nursing Home Cohort. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 07; 39(7):820-825.
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Are Foley catheters needed after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum? Surgery. 2018 04; 163(4):854-856.
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Protocol to disseminate a hospital-site controlled intervention using audit and feedback to implement guidelines concerning inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria. Implement Sci. 2018 01 19; 13(1):16.