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Urinary Catheterization
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Definition
: Employment or passage of a catheter into the URINARY BLADDER (urethral c.) or kidney (ureteral c.) for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
do not use /util except by MeSH definition; coord IM with specific site (NIM) if pertinent; DF: URINARY CATH
Other names
Catheterization, Urinary; Catheterization, Urethral; Catheterization, Ureteral; Urinary Catheterizations; Urethral Catheterizations; Ureteral Catheterizations; Catheterizations, Urinary; Catheterizations, Urethral; Catheterizations, Ureteral; Urethral Catheterization; Ureteral Catheterization