Catheter
noun
A thin tube used by doctors to put liquids into or take liquids out of the body, mainly in hospital or medical settings.
The nurse will insert a catheter into your arm to provide the body with fluids.
Often appears as...
- insert a catheter
- urinary catheter
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Formal
Technical
noun
A thin tube used by doctors to put liquids into or take liquids out of the body, mainly in hospital or medical settings.
The nurse will insert a catheter into your arm to provide the body with fluids.
Often appears as...
- insert a catheter
- urinary catheter
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Device
A catheter is a specialized medical device, not a common household item.
After the surgery, the patient had a catheter to drain urine.
Pro Tip 2/3Hospital Use
Catheters are mostly used in hospitals or by healthcare professionals.
The paramedic used a catheter to administer emergency medication.
Pro Tip 3/3Purpose Specific
There are different types of catheters, each designed for a specific purpose.
The doctor recommended a Foley catheter for long-term urinary needs.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Device
A catheter is a specialized medical device, not a common household item.
After the surgery, the patient had a catheter to drain urine.
Pro Tip 2/3Hospital Use
Catheters are mostly used in hospitals or by healthcare professionals.
The paramedic used a catheter to administer emergency medication.
Pro Tip 3/3Purpose Specific
There are different types of catheters, each designed for a specific purpose.
The doctor recommended a Foley catheter for long-term urinary needs.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Device
A catheter is a specialized medical device, not a common household item.
After the surgery, the patient had a catheter to drain urine.
Pro Tip 2/3Hospital Use
Catheters are mostly used in hospitals or by healthcare professionals.
The paramedic used a catheter to administer emergency medication.
Pro Tip 3/3Purpose Specific
There are different types of catheters, each designed for a specific purpose.
The doctor recommended a Foley catheter for long-term urinary needs.
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Janine Shepherd: A...
You're what we call a partial paraplegic, and you'll have all of the injuries that go along with that. You'll have no feeling from the waist down, and at most, you might get 10 or 20 percent return. You'll have internal injuries for the rest of your life. You'll have to use a catheter for the rest of your life.
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Orphaned Baby Seal PIPE...
needs to actually have a catheter because he has been vomiting and he's really quite depressed we just got a cess house just outside years and probably put him on a drip to give him fluids and also giving some antibiotic cover as well with high-tech equipment we are able to take a reading from an
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Grisly Wildlife Trade...
impression on among the bile milked through a permanent catheter placed in the bear stomach is taken from Asian black bears it's then used in Chinese medicine this is this bear bile farm in Hmong land it's really about the worst animal welfare scenario I have ever encountered
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A broken body isn't a...
injuries for the rest of your life you'll have to use a catheter for the rest of your life and if you walk again it will be with calipers and a walking frame and then she said your name you'll have to rethink everything you do in your life because you're never going to
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Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
aeruginosa this is the bacterium that kills people who have cystic fibrosis it kills immune compromised people and it causes effect infections when you get a catheter a stent or a breathing tube and the reason Pseudomonas is so virulent is because of this chemical
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A Brain Implant That...
If anyone here today has had a heart attack, there's a pretty good chance you've had a stent. A stent is a metal scaffold delivered through a catheter, which opens up like a flower into the blood vessel. Millions of stents are delivered each year,
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How blood pressure works...
it causes a stroke. Dangerously clogged blood vessels can be widened by a procedure called an angioplasty. There, doctors thread a wire through the vessel to the obstructed site, and then place a deflated balloon catheter over the wire.
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How in vitro fertilizatio...
or delivered into the woman's uterus via catheter. Common convention is to transfer the embryo three days after fertilization, when the embryo has eight cells, or on day five, when the embryo is called a blastocyst,
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What happens during a...
the physician inserts a long, thin, flexible tube called a catheter into an artery in the leg and maneuvers it all the way to the blockage. A retriever is passed through this catheter.
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Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
and it's not just a drug; it's a way of life. Doctors insert a catheter into your chest, which is attached to a pump that weighs about four-and-a-half pounds.
Video examples
Janine Shepherd: A...
You're what we call a partial paraplegic, and you'll have all of the injuries that go along with that. You'll have no feeling from the waist down, and at most, you might get 10 or 20 percent return. You'll have internal injuries for the rest of your life. You'll have to use a catheter for the rest of your life.
Video examples
Orphaned Baby Seal PIPE...
needs to actually have a catheter because he has been vomiting and he's really quite depressed we just got a cess house just outside years and probably put him on a drip to give him fluids and also giving some antibiotic cover as well with high-tech equipment we are able to take a reading from an
Video examples
Grisly Wildlife Trade...
impression on among the bile milked through a permanent catheter placed in the bear stomach is taken from Asian black bears it's then used in Chinese medicine this is this bear bile farm in Hmong land it's really about the worst animal welfare scenario I have ever encountered
Video examples
A broken body isn't a...
injuries for the rest of your life you'll have to use a catheter for the rest of your life and if you walk again it will be with calipers and a walking frame and then she said your name you'll have to rethink everything you do in your life because you're never going to
Video examples
Quorum sensing: Bacteria...
aeruginosa this is the bacterium that kills people who have cystic fibrosis it kills immune compromised people and it causes effect infections when you get a catheter a stent or a breathing tube and the reason Pseudomonas is so virulent is because of this chemical
Video examples
A Brain Implant That...
If anyone here today has had a heart attack, there's a pretty good chance you've had a stent. A stent is a metal scaffold delivered through a catheter, which opens up like a flower into the blood vessel. Millions of stents are delivered each year,
Video examples
How blood pressure works...
it causes a stroke. Dangerously clogged blood vessels can be widened by a procedure called an angioplasty. There, doctors thread a wire through the vessel to the obstructed site, and then place a deflated balloon catheter over the wire.
Video examples
How in vitro fertilizatio...
or delivered into the woman's uterus via catheter. Common convention is to transfer the embryo three days after fertilization, when the embryo has eight cells, or on day five, when the embryo is called a blastocyst,
Video examples
What happens during a...
the physician inserts a long, thin, flexible tube called a catheter into an artery in the leg and maneuvers it all the way to the blockage. A retriever is passed through this catheter.
Video examples
Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
and it's not just a drug; it's a way of life. Doctors insert a catheter into your chest, which is attached to a pump that weighs about four-and-a-half pounds.
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Quote examples
Dan Hill
Canadian Musician
I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.
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Frans van Houten
Dutch Businessman
We typically sell a catheter lab to a hospital, and it sits there for the next 10 years, and we don't visit the cardiologist on a daily basis. Volcano have a disposable business. They are in the cath lab on a daily basis.
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Dan Hill
Canadian Musician
I don't want to lose my legs, you know. I don't want to be wheeled around in a wheelchair. I don't want to be attached to a catheter. I saw all that stuff happen to my father, and as much as it upset me because I loved my father so much, it also really traumatized me.
Quote examples
Frans van Houten
Dutch Businessman
We typically sell a catheter lab to a hospital, and it sits there for the next 10 years, and we don't visit the cardiologist on a daily basis. Volcano have a disposable business. They are in the cath lab on a daily basis.
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