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A tube that allows access to the bloodstream and is left in place for an extended period of time. Catheters are also used for other purposes, such as draining the bladder.
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A thin flexible tube which can be guided into body organs. A cardiac catheter is inserted into a vein or artery (usually an arm or leg) and gently threaded into the heart. Its progress can be watched on a fluoroscope. It can be used for diagnosis (to take samples of blood or pressure readings in the chambers of the heart), treatment, (administer a drug), or to carry out a procedure.
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| catheterization |
a procedure in which a catheter is passed through the urethra and into the bladder for the purpose of draining urine and performing diagnostic tests of bladder or urethral function.
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a hollow (usually flexible plastic) tube which can be used to drain fluids from or inject fluids into the body; in the case of prostate cancer, it is common for patients to have a transurethral catheter to drain urine for some time after treatment by surgery or some forms of radiation therapy
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| catheter |
Plastic tube used for giving or removing fluids from the baby.
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