The Implementation of Bedside Bladder Ultrasound Technology: Effects on Patient and Cost Postoperative Outcomes in Tertiary Care

A brief literature search and clinical audit of postoperative urinary retention following total joint replacement

“…For patient comfort and further reduction in postoperative urinary retention and catheterisation the implementation of a bladder scanner may recoup the cost over a 2-year period. This is supported by Frederickson et al (2000) who suggest that it would take 2.9 years to pay for the cost of buying a bladder scanner. The costing within this study does not take into account nursing time and education when using a bladder scanner or when catheterisation takes place.…”

Differential modes of termination of amygdalothalamic and amygdalocortical projections in the monkey

“…Currently, synaptic Zn is thought to act in a neuromodulatory role, with significant influence on plasticity effects. It is released in an activity-and calciumdependent fashion and interacts with many receptors, ion channels, and neurotrophic factors (see, for review, Cuajungco and Lees, 1997;Frederickson et al, 2000Frederickson et al, , 2005Sensi et al, 2004;Smart et al, 2004). Thus, the presence of synaptic Zn is a hint that these AC terminations may have a high degree of plasticity.…”

The effectiveness of the ultrasound bladder scanner in reducing urinary tract infections: a meta‐analysis

“…In Frederickson et al (2000), the patients were orthopaedic (lesions to: rachis, hip, knee) and had an average age of 63 (SD 15) with 53% men in the study group, while in the control group there was an average age of 53 (SD 19) and 40% were men. The difference between the average age of the study group and the control group was statistically significant both in Lee et al (2007) (p-value = 0AE01) and in Frederickson et al (2000) (p-value = 0AE002), while in Slappendel and Weber (1999) it was not statistically significant (p > 0AE05). The ethnicity of the patients under observation was not documented in these studies.…”

“…The ultrasound bladder scanner types used for measurements were different: the BVI 5000 model , the BVI 3000 (Slappendel & Weber 1999) and the BVI 2500 (Frederickson et al 2000). The evaluations were performed over eight hours after surgery in the study by Slappendel and Weber (1999) and four-six hours after surgery in Lee et al (2007), while in Frederickson et al (2000) the period was not indicated.…”

“…The evaluations were performed over eight hours after surgery in the study by Slappendel and Weber (1999) and four-six hours after surgery in Lee et al (2007), while in Frederickson et al (2000) the period was not indicated. Neither was it reported whether or not all the enrolled patients completed the follow-up with a bladder ultrasound, that is to say whether they were re-evaluated afterwards when the measured values were critical and the patient no longer urinated.…”