Clinical reliability and cost analysis of using petroleum jelly creams versus water-based gels for urethral catheterization

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Caniklioğlu M., Öztekin Ü., Sarı S., Selmi V., Gürtan E., Işıkay L.

ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE, cilt.12, ss.138-141, 2021 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4328/acam.20397
  • Dergi Adı: ANNALS OF CLINICAL AND ANALYTICAL MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.138-141
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Lidocaine, Lubricants, Fusidic acid, Petroleum jelly, Urethral catheterization, Visual analog scale, Cost, CONDOMS, TRIAL, PAIN
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Lubricants applied to the urethra prior to using the urethral catheter increase patient comfort and ease of operation. Different combinations of water-based lubricants are widely used in medicine. Combinations of fusidic acid and petroleum jelly creams and ointments are also used in the clinical routine for lubrication. in this study, we compared the use of a lidocaine gel (Cathejell (R)) and fusidic acid (Stafine (R)) cream containing petroleum jelly in urethral catheterization in terms of pain, cost and success rates.