Sentences with phrase «percent of catheter»

«According to the National Healthcare safety Network, P. aeruginosa causes approximately 10 percent of catheter - associated urinary tract infections each year in the United States,» says Lee.

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An epidural gives inadequate pain relief for 10 to 15 percent of women, 55 and the epidural catheter needs to be reinserted in about 5 percent.56 For around 1 percent of women, the epidural needle punctures the dura (dural tap); this usually causes a severe headache that can last up to six weeks, but can usually be treated by an injection into the epidural space.57, 58

But a Henry Ford Health System study found that cleaning catheters with an antibiotic combination of gentamicin and citrate, instead of heparin, lowered mortality rates a whopping 68 percent.

In the new study, 71 percent of patients treated with a surgical procedure called catheter ablation were free of atrial fibrillation, the study's primary endpoint, after two years of follow - up, while only 34 percent of patients who took the antiarrhythmic drug Amiodarone were free of symptoms at that point.

Of the 33,004 patients with an AFL diagnosis (in the absence of an AF diagnosis) and who were observed an average of 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablatioOf the 33,004 patients with an AFL diagnosis (in the absence of an AF diagnosis) and who were observed an average of 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablatioof an AF diagnosis) and who were observed an average of 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablatioof 2.1 years, 2,733 (8.2 percent) received a catheter ablation.

Within a week, an infection is growing on the catheters of 10 percent to 50 percent of catheterized patients.

U.S. interventional cardiologists currently use the arm for catheter - based heart procedures in less than 15 percent of cases.

Atrial fibrillation patients with a prior history of stroke who undergo catheter ablation to treat the abnormal heart rhythm lower their long - term risk of a recurrent stroke by 50 percent, according to new research from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

Having staph aureus in your nose — which is the case for about 30 percent of people — is not necessarily a problem in and of itself, but is a risk factor for getting other infections such as surgical site infections, boils, catheter site infections in people on dialysis and diabetic foot ulcers.