"Clinical Pearls: Choosing a Urinary Catheter," by Vivian Williams for OPENPediatrics

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Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for physicians and nurses sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between physicians and nurses around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized physician and nursing experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support nor control any related videos in the sidebar, these are placed by Youtube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Hi, my name is Vivian Williams, and I am the Inpatient Nurse Practitioner for the Department of Urology at Boston Children's Hospital. Today, we will be discussing Clinical Pearls: Choosing a Urinary Catheter. Types of Catheters. There are many types of urinary catheters to choose from. Foley catheters contain a port for drainage as well as a port used to blow up a balloon. The balloon, itself, is located on the end of the catheter. When a balloon is inflated, it will look as such. If you're going to leave the catheter in place, please choose one with a balloon as opposed to the mentor or a straight catheter which is used for single-use only. Straight catheters are catheters without balloons such as this one. These are typically used for obtaining a single urine specimen and are not left in place. Lastly, there are coude catheters. These have a very small curve on the end of the catheter, and these are use for very specific reasons such as patients with difficult anatomy. Insertion of the coude catheter should be done by a medical professional who specializes in your urology as the tip must be facing upwards. Catheter Sizing. Catheter sizes are chosen based on the age of the patient. An infant may use a 6 French Foley catheter. Toddler and preschool children will use an 8 French to 10 French size catheter. School-aged children can use anywhere from an 8 French to a 10 French catheter. Adolescents can use anywhere from a 12-14 French catheter. Adults can use anywhere from a 16-18 French catheter. Thank you for watching Clinical Pearls: Choosing a Urinary Catheter. Please help us improve the content by providing us with some feedback.