| CRI | Cardiac Risk Index; catheter-related infection; chronic renal insufficiency; chronic respiratory ins... |
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| CRS | Carroll rating scale for depression; catheter-related sepsis; caudal regression syndrome; cervical s... |
| CSU | casualty staging unit; catheter specimen of urine; central statistical unit; clinical specialty unit... |
| CVC | central venous catheter |
| CV | cath central venous catheter |
| double-channel catheter | A catheter with two lumens, allowing irrigation and aspiration. Synonym: two-way catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| indwelling catheter | A catheter left in place in the bladder, usually a balloon catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intracardiac catheter | <cardiology> A catheter that can be passed into the heart through a vein or artery, to withdraw samples of blood, measure pressures within the heart's chambers or great vessels, and inject contrast media. It is used mainly in the diagnosis and evaluation of congenital, rheumatic, and coronary artery lesions and to evaluate systolic and diastolic cardiac function. Synonym: cardiac catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| olive-tipped catheter | A ureteral catheter with an olive-shaped tip, used to dilate a constricted ureteral orifice; larger sizes are also used for dilating or calibrating urethral strictures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elbowed catheter | A catheter with an angular bend near the beak; used to rise over prostatic obstruction. Synonym: catheter coude, prostatic catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| electrode catheter ablation | A method of ablating the site of origin of arrhythmias whereby high energy electric shocks are delivered by intravascular catheters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eustachian catheter | A catheter used for catheterization of the middle ear through the eustachian tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| two-way catheter | A catheter with two lumens, allowing irrigation and aspiration. Synonym: two-way catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| female catheter | A short, nearly straight catheter for passage into the female bladder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Fogarty catheter | A catheter with an inflatable balloon near its tip; used to remove arterial emboli and thrombi from major veins (e.g., iliofemoral) and to remove stones from the biliary ducts. Synonym: balloon-tip catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Foley catheter | <equipment> Flexible plastic tube inserted into the bladder to provide continuous urinary drainage. (12 Nov 1997) |
| catheter |
A small, flexible tube. Catheters are commonly used in epidurals and when a woman cannot urinate (a catheter is placed up the urethra and into the bladder)--commonly referred to as "being cathed."
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| catheterization |
Insertion of a narrow tube through the urethra or through the front of the abdominal wall into the bladder to allow urine drainage.
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| catheter |
A tubular medical device for insertion into canals, vessels, passageways, or body cavities, usually to permit injection or withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open.
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| catheter |
A flexible, hollow tube that can be introduced into the body.
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| catheter |
a fine tube made of plastic, rubber or silicone which is inserted into the bladder to empty it.
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