As the PDAC continues to ready its roll-out of new HCPCS codes for certain catheters, the $1 million question for stakeholders is still, what will be in the local coverage determination?

People with bladder control issues or other medical conditions, such as bladder dysfunction, neurologic deficits, and urethral obstruction from strictures or tumours can experience chronic incomplete ...

Intermittent urinary catheters: catheter selection:- For patients performing intermittent self-catheterisation over the long term, what is the clinical and cost effectiveness of single-use non-coated ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Spinal Cord Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary resource for the primary care of patients with spinal cord injury.The contents of this ...

It also could cause the PICC to break, possibly leading to a life-threatening catheter embolus. When removing a PICC, it is important to exert slow, intermittent traction without applying any ...

Insertion of any catheter in the upper extremity or the ... If a patient requires frequent intermittent access, an implanted venous port may be a better choice. Because a PICC is very long and ...