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## Executive summary **Background** Indwelling urethral catheters (IUCs) are inserted in approximately 15–25% of all hospitalised patients mainly to assist clinicians to accurately monitor urine output during acute illness or following surgery, to treat urinary retention and for investigative purposes. However, this procedure is associated with significant morbidity. Although research has focused on the type and maintenance of urinary catheters and techniques for insertion, limited attention has been given to the procedures for their removal, in particular whether the time of day the IUC is removed influences patient outcomes. There is no consensus among clinicians about the optimal time for removal of IUCs, rather practices tend to be based on personal preference and tradition rather than on evidence from research. **Objectives** The objective of this review was to determine whether the timing of the removal of IUCs influences patient outcomes. The primary outcomes of interest included duration to and volume of first void; length of hospitalisation; number of patients developing urinary retention and number requiring recatheterisation. Secondary outcome measures included patient s

Author

Ritin Fernandez; Rhonda Griffiths; Penny Murie

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Wiley (ISSN 1479-697X)

Published

2003

Language

EN