Clean Intermittent Catheterization

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
CIC
Pronunciation
/kliːn ˌɪn.tərˈmiː.tənt kæθ.ə.tər.ɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Hospitals

Examples in Context

  1. ObjectiveTo investigate the nursing management of clean intermittent catheterization ( CIC ) of spinal cord injured ( SCI ) patients.
  2. Four cases needed long-term clean intermittent catheterization.
  3. Results No effective method of therapy was found for atonic bladder after spinal cord injury. When compared with clean intermittent catheterization, pharmacologic therapy, compressive micturition and detrusor function reconstruction, the establishment of an artificial bladder reflex arc may have a potential of controllable micturition.
  4. Clean intermittent catheterization of spinal cord injured patients

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