Hydrophilic versus non-hydrophilic catheters for clean intermittent catheterization: a meta-analysis to determine their capacity in reducing urinary tract infections.

INTRODUCTION: Clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) is associated with an increased risk of urinary tract infections (UTI), urethral trauma, urethral stenosis, hematuria, and pain. The first catheters were developed of polyvinyl carbon (PVC). Several types of catheters have been developed to reduce these complications, such as those with hydrophilic coating. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of hydrophilic coated catheters compared to uncoated catheters on the rate of UTI in patients using CIC. METHODOLOGY: A systematic literature search was performed in OVID, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, and CENTRAL databases. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or randomized crossover trials comparing UTI and hematuria rates in patients using hydrophilic vs. non-hydrophilic catheters for CIC were identified. The selected trials were evaluated for risk of bias using the "Revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials (RoB 2)." The results were expressed as a risk ratio (RR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI), under a random-effects model. Data were analyzed using Review Manager 5.4 software. RESULTS: Nine studies with a total of 525 patients in CIC were analyzed. Overall, the use of hydrophilic catheters had a lower risk of UTIs compared to uncoated catheters (RR = 0.78; 95% CI 0.62-0.97; I2 = 37%). Five of the studies include patients > 18 years, showing a reduction of UTIs with the use of hydrophilic catheters (RR = 0.83; 95% CI 0.74-0.93; I2 = 0%). There was no difference in UTI development when comparing single-use uncoated vs hydrophilic catheters. However, heterogeneity was high (RR = 0.77; 95% CI 0.59-1.00; I2 = 57%). Regarding hematuria risk reduction, we were unable to identify differences between the use of hydrophilic catheters compared to uncoated catheters (RR = 1.02; 95% CI 0.66-1.60). CONCLUSION: We found a risk reduction of UTIs associated with using hydrophilic catheters in adults, with low heterogeneity. Regarding hematuria, significant differences were not proved. We do not find a significant difference in UTI risk reduction in the pediatric population. Urethral trauma presence could not be meta-analyzed due to a lack of information reported.

Educational material on intermittent urethral catheterization in children: a scoping review / Materiales educativos sobre cateterismo uretral intermitente en niños: revisión de alcance / Materiais educativos no cateterismo uretral intermitente em crianças: revisão de escopo

ABSTRACT Objective to analyze diverse scientific evidence about educational materials related to intermittent urethral catheterization in children. Method a scoping review based on the method proposed by the Joana Briggs Institute and conducted in nine stages from July to December 2021, with the following guiding question: "Which is the available evidence about educational materials on intermittent urethral catheterization in children?". Articles from the following databases were analyzed: National Library of Medicine, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scientific Electronic Library Online and SciVerse Scopus. Results six of the 3,323 articles retrieved were kept after applying the eligibility criteria and excluding the duplicates. The publication dates varied from 2009 to 2019; five were published in Brazil and one in the United States. Regarding the design, one was a cross-sectional study and there were two descriptive studies, two methodological studies and one case study. The data were presented considering the following variables: type of material, means of dissemination, target audience, and theoretical framework of the educational materials. Conclusion the studies analyzed in this review presented several educational materials, such as elaboration of educational software, a Telenursing manual, an educational video to guide parents and an online forum. Therefore, these materials are useful as teaching and learning strategies for caregivers of children undergoing intermittent urethral catheterization.

RESUMEN Objetivo analizar diversas evidencias científicas sobre materiales educativos relacionados con cateterismo uretral intermitente en niños. Metodo revisão de alcance basada en el método propuesto por el Joana Briggs Institute y realizada en nueve etapas entre julio y diciembre de 2021, con la siguiente pregunta guía: "¿De qué evidencias se dispone acerca de materiales educativos sobre cateterismo uretral intermitente en niños?". Se analizaron artículos de las siguientes bases de datos: National Library of Medicine, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scientific Electronic Library Online y SciVerse Scopus. Resultados seis de los 3.323 artículos recuperados se mantuvieron después de aplicar los criterios de elegibilidad y de excluir los duplicados. Las fechas de publicación variaron entre los años 2009 y 2019; cinco se publicaron en Brasil y uno en Estados Unidos. En relación co el diseño, uno era un estudio transversal y había dos estudios descriptivos, dos estudios metodológicos y un estudio de caso. Los datos se presentaron sobre la base de las siguientes variables: tipo de material, vehiculo de diseminación, público objetivo y referencial teórico de los materiais educativos. Conclusión los estudios que se analizaron en esta revisión presentaron diversos materiales educativos, como ser la elaboración de un programa de software educativo, un manual de Tele-Enfermería, un video educativo para orientar a los padres y foro virtual. EN consecuencia, estos materiales sirven com estrategias de enseñanza y aprendizaje para cuidadores de niños sometidos a cateterismo uretral intermitente.

RESUMO Objetivo Analisar evidências científicas sobre materiais educativos relativos ao cateterismo uretral intermitente em crianças. Metodo Revisão de escopo, baseada no método proposto pelo Joana Briggs Institute, realizada em nove etapas, no período de julho a dezembro de 2021, com a pergunta norteadora: "Quais as evidências disponíveis acerca de materiais educativos sobre cateterismo uretral intermitente em crianças?". Analisaram-se artigos das bases de dados: National Library of Medicine's,Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Scientific Electronic Library Online e SciVerse Scopus. Resultados Dos 3.323 artigos recuperados, foram mantidos seis artigos após aplicação dos critérios de elegibilidade e exclusão dos duplicados. As datas de publicação variaram de 2009 a 2019; cinco foram publicados no Brasil e um nos Estados Unidos. Quanto ao desenho, um era estudo transversal, dois estudos descritivos, dois estudos metodológicos e um estudo de caso. Os dados foram apresentados com base nas variáveis: tipo de material, meio de disponibilização, público-alvo e referencial teórico dos materiais educativos. Conclusão Os estudos analisados nesta revisão apresentaram diversos materiais educativos, como a construção de software educativo, manual de tele-enfermagem, vídeo educativo para orientação de pais e fórum virtual. Estes materiais são, portanto, úteis como estratégias de ensino e aprendizagem para cuidadores de crianças em cateterismo uretral intermitente.

A new bladder-emptying method in females with neurogenic bladder: A randomized, phase II trial.

AIM: To evaluate the performance of the new device compared with clean intermittent catheterization (CIC). METHODS: From March 2015 to March 2018, patients who were admitted to the urologic outpatient clinic. A new intraurethral self-retaining device (ISRD) was made of medical grade silicone and it was inspired by similar catheters that use sliding disks to adjust or fix tubes used to drain the bladder. Patients were randomized into two groups (experimental group [GI]-ISRD vs control group [GII]-CIC). The evaluation was performed at the time of enrollment and 6 months after treatment. Intervention was initiated from the antisepsis of the perineal region and subsequent introduction of the device through the external urethral meatus. The primary outcome was quality of life (QOL). Urinary tract infections (UTIs) episodes, data on urodynamic parameters, adverse effects and number of diapers per day. RESULTS: A total of 177 subjects were analyzed. We found a significant improvement on QOL analysis in the ISRD group (P < .01). ISRD group presented an important reduction (two episodes after ISRD use) on number of UTIs (P < .01) and diaper use, and significant improvement on bladder capacity (80 mL of the average improvement) (P < .01) and compliance (P = .01). Among all registered serious adverse effects, ISRD presented with lower proportion. CONCLUSIONS: The new device has shown to be a safe and promising alternative for adequate emptying of the neurogenic bladder in female patients. Our study has a limitation that is related to a limited period of observation.

Impact of the route of clean intermittent catheterization on quality of life in children with lower urinary tract dysfunction.

AIMS: To compare the impact of the different routes for clean intermittent catheterization on the quality of life of children with lower urinary tract dysfunction. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, all children and adolescents under treatment in our clinic from August 2011 to May 2012 who were on CIC for bladder dysfunction were included. To evaluate the technical difficulty and the discomfort associated with the procedure we used a standard visual analog scale. Quality of life was measured using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Version 4.0. RESULTS: A total of 70 children including 38 (54.3%) boys and 32 (45.7%) girls with a mean age of 11.8 ± 3.6 years (range 5 to 18 years) were evaluated. The mean daily number of catheterizations was 4.2 ± 1.1. CIC was performed through the urethra in 51 (72.9%) subjects and a stoma in 19 (27.1%). A 45 (64.3%) were assisted by a caregiver to perform a catheterization. No differences in both difficulty and discomfort for performing CIC were observed between groups. Children who performed CIC through a stoma had a better quality of life scores for the physical (P = 0.015) and social functioning domains (P = 0.011). CONCLUSION: The quality of life of children and adolescents performing CIC appears to be affected by the route of catheterization, with a worse performance for those using urethral catheterization.

Risk of urinary retention after nerve-sparing surgery for deep infiltrating endometriosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

AIMS: Recently, nerve-sparing (NS) techniques have been incorporated in surgeries for deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) to prevent urinary complications. Our aim was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the risk of urinary retention after NS surgery for DIE compared with classical (non-NS) techniques. METHODS: Following the MOOSE guidelines for systematic reviews of observational studies, data were collected from published research articles that compared NS techniques with non-NS techniques in DIE surgery, with regard to post-operative urinary complications. INCLUSION CRITERIA: randomized clinical trials, intervention or observational (cohort and case-control) studies assessing women who underwent surgery for painful DIE. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: cancer surgery and women submitted to bladder or ureteral resections. The respective relative risks (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were extracted and a forest plot was generated to show individual and combined estimates. RESULTS: Preliminarily, 1,270 potentially relevant studies were identified from which four studies were selected. A meta-analysis was performed to assess the risk of urinary retention at discharge and 90 days after surgery. We found a common RR of 0.19 [95%CI: 0.03-1.17; (I2 = 50.20%; P = 0.09)] for need of self-catheterization at discharge in the NS group in relation to the conventional technique. Based on two studies, common RR for persistent urinary retention (after 90 days) was 0.16 [95%CI: 0.03-0.84]. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest significant advantages of the NS technique when considering the RR of persistent urinary retention. Controlled studies evaluating the best approach to manage the urinary tract after complex surgery for DIE are needed. Neurourol. Urodynam. 36:57-61, 2017. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Práticas de cuidado e desafios do autocateterismo intermitente limpo: as vozes dos escolares / Healthcare practices and challenges of the clean intermittent catheterization: the voices of the children

As crianças portadoras de disfunções miccionais, sendo de ordem neurológica (bexiga neurogênica) ou funcionais, necessitam de cuidados especiais para evitar a deterioração do sistema urinário inferior e insuficiência renal. Na maioria dos casos de bexiga neurogênica, indica-se, o cateterismo intermitente limpo. Também indicado para as disfunções não neurogênicas quando não se consegue bons resultados com outros tratamentos. São crianças com necessidades especiais de saúde (CRIANES), com mudanças na sua vida cotidiana e necessidade de cuidados especiais. O enfermeiro necessita interagir com as mesmas, de forma que, na fase escolar, possam juntos, planejar e administrar o autocuidado, necessários para facilitar o processo de viver saudável. Objeto de estudo: o autocateterismo intermitente limpo realizado pelo escolar portador de disfunção miccional. Objetivos: descrever as práticas de cuidados concernentes ao autocateterismo intermitente limpo realizado pelo escolar portador de disfunção miccional e analisar os desafios para a realização dessa prática de cuidado por esse escolar nos diversos espaços de socialização. Metodologia: estudo de natureza qualitativa, desenvolvido sob o método criativo sensível, através das dinâmicas de criatividade e sensibilidade Corpo Saber e Mapa Falante. Os participantes da pesquisa foram sete crianças portadoras de disfunção miccional, com idade entre 9-11 anos. O cenário de estudo foi um ambulatório de pediatria, situado em um hospital de ensino e pesquisa no estado do Rio de Janeiro. Os dados foram coletados no período entre fevereiro e março de 2015, e foram analisados a partir da análise de discurso em sua corrente francesa, sendo interpretados à luz do autocuidado de acordo com o conceito de Orem, a Teoria do Desenvolvimento Psicossocial de Erik Erikson e da educação em saúde com as concepções freirianas para a educação. Resultados:através da análise da prática de cuidados desses escolares, evidenciamos a preocupação com a higienização das mãos, da região íntima e do óstio de Mitrofanoff e, cuidados com o esvaziamento completo da bexiga. Quanto aos desafios, foram evidenciados a necessidade do uso de dispositivos para a visualização do meato urinário, dificuldades para a visualização do meato uretral feminino no período matutino, no posicionamento para a realização do autocateterismo, a presença de desconfortos com a sondagem uretral, a irregularidade na frequência do autocateterismo, as dificuldades para brincar em função da realização do autocateterismo, a (in) dependência no autocateterismo e o (des)velamento do autocateterismo nos diversos espaços de socialização. Conclusão: Revelou-se uma consciência ingênua na prática de cuidados, assim como fatores ambientais interferindo no autocuidado e riscos de infecção do trato urinário. Os diversos desafios enfrentados pelos escolares, na realização do autocateterismo, apontam para a necessidade de aproximação com estes de forma dinâmica e criativa, facilitando a exposição de suas dúvidas, medos e anseios, e para a promoção da conscientização crítica e a socialização dos saberes, capacitando-os para o autocuidado. Também na divulgação junto aos órgãos competentes, para a adequação social, com vistas à inclusão destas CRIANES nos diversos espaços de socialização.

Children suffering from voiding dysfunction, which stems from a neurological (neurogenic bladder) or a functional disorder, need special care to prevent deterioration of the lower urinary tract and kidney failure. In most cases of neurogenic bladder it is indicated clean intermittent catheterization. Also suitable for non-neurogenic dysfunction when you don`t get good results with other treatments. These are children with special health care needs(CSHCN), with changes in their daily lives. The nurse needs to interact with them, so that, at school age, they can together plan and manage the self-care necessary to facilitate the process of healthy living. Subject: clean intermittent catheterization performed by the children that suffers from voiding dysfunction. Objectives: To describe the practices from care concerning the clean intermittent catheterization performed by the children that suffers from voiding dysfunction and analyze the challenges for the realization of this practice by that children in the various spaces of socialization. Methodology: qualitative study developed under the sensitive creative method, through the dynamics of creativity and sensitivity "Corpo Saber e Mapa Falante". The survey participants were seven children with voiding dysfunction, aged 9-11 years.The study setting was an outpatient pediatric clinic located in a teaching hospital in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected between February and March 2015 and were analyzed from the speech analysis in its French stream being interpreted in the lightof the self-care according to the Orem concept, the Psychosocial Development Theory of Erik Erikson and of health education with Freirian concepts for education. Results: by analyzing the practice of these children we noted the concern on hands, genitals and the Mitrofanoff ostium hygienization, and, the complete evacuation of the bladder.Regarding the challenges, were highlighted the necessity of devices for visualizing the urinary meatus, difficulties in the visualization of the feminine urethral meatus in the morning, the position to perform the catheterization, the discomfort with the urethral probe, the irregularity in the frequency of catheterization, the difficulties to play due the realization of catheterization, the (in)dependence on autocatheterism and the (un)veiling of autocatheterism in various spaces of socialization. Conclusion: It was revealed an ingenuous consciousness in the practice of cares, as well as environmental factors interfering in the self-care and risk of urinary tract infection.The various challenges faced by the children in performing the catheterization point to the necessity of closer ties in a dynamic and creative way, facilitating the exposure of their doubts, fears and desires, to promote critical awareness and the socialization of knowledge, enabling them for self-care. Also, in the disclosure with the competent organs, to social adaptation, aiming to incorporate such CSHCN in various spaces of socialization.

Técnica de Yang-Monti en ostomías continentes para cateterismo intermitente: experiencia de 15 años en Hospital Carlos Van Buren / Yang-­Monti technique in continent ostomies for intermittent catheterization: experience of 15 years in Hospital Carlos Van Buren

Introducción: Existen situaciones en la práctica urológica, en que el daño al aparato esfinteriano, uretra o vejiga obliga a recurrir a algún mecanismo que permita derivar un reservorio o vejiga ampliada hacia la pared abdominal. Para ello, es posible realizar ostomías continentes, con distintos segmentos intestinales, para autocateterismo intermitente limpio. La técnica de Yang-Monti presenta ventajas con respecto a otras ostomías, como el uso de un segmento intestinal pequeño, la mayor facilidad en ubicar y fijar la ostomía. Objetivo: Describir la experiencia de la técnica de Yang-Monti para cateterismo intermitente limpio, su evolución a través del tiempo y sus principales complicaciones según la casuística de nuestro centro. Materiales y Método: Estudio observacional retrospetivo. Revisión de 31 casos de ostomías continentes para cateterismo intermitente con la técnica de Yang-Monti desde enero de 1996 a septiembre del 2011. Se evalúa el diagnóstico etiológico, segmento intestinal del reservorio, ubicación del extremo distal de la ostomía y sus respectivas complicaciones precoces, tardías y estado al final del seguimiento. Resultado: En relación al segmento intestinal utilizado para reservorio, en 14 casos (45 por ciento) se utilizó colon sigmoides, en 9 (29 por ciento) íleon y en 8 transverso (26 por ciento). Con respecto al lugar en que fue exteriorizado el conducto de Yang-monti, en 19 casos (61por ciento) fue al ombligo y en 12 (39 por ciento) a fosa iliaca. Hubo complicaciones precoces (antes de 3 meses) en 8 pacientes (25 por ciento), de los cuales 4 (12,9 por ciento) requirieron reintervención, 3 de estos fallecen precozmente a consecuencia de la cirugía, presentando los diagnósticos de evisceración, obstrucción intestinal e infección de herida operatoria...

Introduction: There are situations in urological practice, in that the damage to the sphincter apparatus, urethra or bladder makes it necessary to use some mechanism to derive an enlarged reservoir or bladder to the abdominal wall. It is therefore possible to use different intestinal segments as continente ostomies for intermittent self cathetherisation. Yang Monti technique presents advantages over other ostomies: use of a small intestinal segment, easier placement and fixation. Objective: To describe the experience of the Yang-­‐Monti technique for clean intermittent catheterization, its evolution over time and its major complications in our center. Materials and Methods: Observational retrospective study. Review of 31 cases of Yang‐Monti intermittent catheterization continente ostomies from January 1996 to September 2011. Etiologic diagnosis, intestinal segment of the reservoir, location of the distal end of the ostomy and their early and late complications, and follow-­‐up status are evaluated. Results: Regarding the intestinal segment used for reservoir: in 14 cases (45 percent) was used sigmoid colon, in 9 ileum (29 percent) and in 8 transverse colon (26 percent). The Yang‐Monti was externalized in the navel in 19 cases (61 percent) and in iliac fossa 12 (39 percent)...