Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
urinary catheterization
u·ri·nar·y cath·e·ter·i·za·tion
Subclass of:
Diagnostic Techniques, Urological; Catheterization
Definitions related to urinary catheterization:
  • Insertion of a catheter into the bladder for temporary or permanent drainage of urine
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
  • Passage of a CATHETER into the URINARY BLADDER or kidney.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Passage of a slender tubular device into the bladder or kidney for the drainage of urine or diagnostic purposes.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Bladder catheterization is used to do the following: obtain urine for examination, measure residual urine volume, relieve urinary retention or incontinence, deliver radiopaque contrast agents or drugs directly to the bladder, or irrigate the bladder.
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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