Essays about: "urinary tract infections"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words urinary tract infections.

  1. 16. Health economic analysis of a urinary catheter which reduce the frequency of urinary tract infections (UTIs)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Förvaltningshögskolan

    Author : Thomas Lundqvist; [2015-03-02]
    Keywords : Health economic analysis; willingness-to-pay; urinary catheter; cost benefin analysis;

    Abstract : Objective: To investigate the preference for urinary catheters that can reduce the frequency of urinary tract infections (UTIs), among Swedish patients practicing clean intermittent catheterization (CIC), and analyze if the preference is affected by the frequency of UTIs and gender. Methods: The preference for a clinically more effective catheter was expressed as a monetary value by investigating the patients’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) to switch catheters. READ MORE

  3. 17. Image Sensor System for Detection of Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH)

    Author : Ejla Lillro; [2015]
    Keywords : CMOS; CCD; image sensor; fluorescence imaging; Lab-on-a-chip; digitalPCR; urinary tract infections; point-of-care;

    Abstract : Antibiotic resistance is now a recognized problem in global health. In attempts to find solutions to detect bacteria causing antibiotic resistance we turn to technological solutions that are miniaturized, portable and cheap. READ MORE

  4. 18. Biofilm in urinary catheters : impacts on health care and methods for quantification

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH)

    Author : Gustaf Lönn; Edvin Kalmaru; [2014]
    Keywords : Biofilm; methods for quantification; urinary catheters; catheter assosiated urinary tract infections;

    Abstract : Biofilm is an increasing problem in the healthcare and have in urinary catheters long been associated with nosocomial urinary tract infections. The infections caused in 2002 alone 13,000 deaths in the US and annual costs have been estimated to over $400 million. These costs are however most likely underestimated. READ MORE

  5. 19. Urinsten hos marsvin

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Maria Törner; [2013]
    Keywords : urolithiasis; marsvin; predisponerande faktorer; kemisk sammansättning; recidiv;

    Abstract : Urolithiasis hos marsvin är relativt vanligt förekommande (Hawkins et al., 2009; Hoefer, 2004; Gaschen et al., 1998; Riggs, 2008; O´Rourke, 2004; Jola´nkai et al., 2006). READ MORE

  6. 20. Obstruktiv FLUTD - ett nödvändigt ont eller möjligt att förebygga?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Melinda Rundström; [2013]
    Keywords : flutd; felin idiopatisk cystit; uretraobstruktion; urinstopp;

    Abstract : FLUTD - Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease – is a complex disease and a common sight in the veterinary setting. Although FLUTD excluding urethral obstruction may be discomforting for the cat and its owner due to symptoms such as periuria, stranguria, hematuria, dysuria and pollakiuria, obstruction presents an acute and potentially lethal form of the disease as a result of uremia and disturbances in fluids, electrolytes and acid-base balances. READ MORE