Objective To investigate cost-effectiveness of no indwelling urinary catheter in pulmonary lobectomy patients and to confirm the advances of no indwelling urinary catheter. Methods We recruited 148 lung cancer patients who were scheduled for pulmonary lobectomy under general anesthesia in West China Hospital from July through December 2015. These patients were divided into two groups including an indwelling urinary catheter group (74 patients, 45 males and 29 females, at age of 52.55±19.87 years) and a no indwelling urinary catheter group (74 patients, 42 males and 32 females, at age of 54.03±16.66 years). Indexes of cost-effectiveness of the two groups were compared. Results There was no statistical difference between the two groups in duration of indwelling catheter (1.56±0.0.65 d versus 1.68±0.91 d, P=0.077). Material expense(4 811.48 yuan versus 296.74 yuan, P=0.045), cost of nursing care (7 413.32 yuan versus 457.32 yuan, P=0.013), and total expense (12 224.8 yuan versus 754.06 yuan, P=0.000) in the indwelling catheter group were higher than those in the no indwelling catheter group. Material expense per patient (65.02±5.62 yuan/patient-time versus 4.01±0.00 yuan/patient-time, P=0.000), cost of nursing care per patient (100.18±7.19 yuan/patient-time versus 6.18±1.22 yuan/patient-time, P=0.000), and total cost per patient (165.20±12.81 yuan/patienttime versus 10.19±1.22 yuan/patient-time, P=0.000) in the indwelling catheter group were higher than those in the no indwelling catheter group. Conclusion Both costs and labor of nurse can be cut down for appropriate lung cancer patients undergoing lobectomy without routine indwelling urinary catheter.
ObjectiveTo explore the influence of evidence-based nursing care of catheterization on the incidence of urinary tract injury and urinary tract infection in patients with spinal cord injury and long-term indwelling catheters.MethodsFrom July 1st, 2017 to November 30th, 2018, 100 patients with spinal cord injury indwelling catheters in Department of Spinal Surgery were prospectively selected as the research objects. According to the admission time, patients admitted between July 2017 and February 2018 were assigned into the control group (n=50), and patients admitted between March 2018 and November 2018 were assigned into the observation group (n=50). Traditional catheter placement was used in the control group, while evidence-based catheter placement was used in the observation group. The incidences of catheter-related urethral injury and urinary tract infection after the catheterization were compared between the two groups.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference in gender, age, diagnosis, or length of hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05). Catheter placement was performed 57 times in the control group and 59 times in the observation group during hospitalization. After catheterization, the incidences of urethral hemorrhage and gross hematuria in the control group [22.80% (13/57) and 15.78% (9/57), respectively] were higher than those in the observation group [both were 1.69% (1/59)], with statistical differences between the two groups (P<0.05). The incidence of urinary tract infection in the control group differed from that in the observation group [42.0% (21/50) vs. 18.0% (9/50), P=0.009].ConclusionThe evidence-based urinary catheterization method for patients with spinal cord injury and long-term indwelling catheter can effectively prevent catheter-related urinary tract injury, reduce the incidence of catheter-related urinary tract infection during hospitalization, and improve the quality of clinical care.
ObjectiveTo systematically review the risk factors for intravesical recurrence (IVR) after radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).MethodsPubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, CBM, CNKI, VIP and WanFang Data databases were electronically searched to collect case-control studies about the risk factors for IVR after RNU of UTUC from inception to August 2017. Two reviewers independently screened literature, extracted data and assessed the risk of bias of included studies, then meta-analysis was performed by RevMan 5.3 software.ResultsA total of 23 studies involving 8 614 patients were included. The results of meta-analysis showed that the history of bladder cancer (HR=1.77, 95%CI 1.42 to 2.22, P<0.001), tumor stage (≥T2) (HR=1.41, 95%CI 1.09 to 1.82,P=0.009), ureteral tumor (HR=1.34, 95%CI 1.20 to 1.49, P<0.000 01), tumor multifocality (HR=1.51, 95%CI 1.34 to 1.69,P<0.001), lymphovascular invasion (HR=1.43, 95%CI 1.20 to 1.70,P<0.000 1), laparoscopic surgery (HR=1.52, 95%CI 1.08 to 2.15,P=0.02), positive surgical margins (HR=1.87, 95%CI 1.17 to 2.99, P=0.009), and preoperative ureteroscopy (HR=1.46, 95%CI 1.21 to 1.75, P<0.001) were the risk factors for IVR after RNU.ConclusionsCurrent evidence shows that the risk factors for IVR after RNU include history bladder cancer, tumor stage (≥T2), ureteral tumor, etc. Due to the limited quality of the included studies, more high quality studies are required to verify the above conclusion.