catheterize

Thân thiện

The nurse will catheterize the patient to drain the bladder.

Definition

Verb: * To insert a catheter (a thin, flexible tube) into a body cavity, duct, or vessel, typically to drain fluid or administer medication.

Usage

This is a technical medical term used by healthcare professionals. It describes a specific clinical procedure. * The primary object of the verb is the body part or the patient receiving the catheter. * It is most commonly used in the passive voice in clinical notes and reports.

Examples

• The nurse needed to catheterize the patient to monitor urine output accurately.
• After the surgery, the doctor decided to catheterize the bladder.
• The patient was catheterized upon admission to the intensive care unit.
• The standard procedure is to catheterize before starting the lengthy operation.

Advanced Usage

• "To catheterize for...": This phrasing specifies the purpose of the procedure.
  • The team will catheterize the central vein for parenteral nutrition.

Variants and Related Words

• Catheterization (noun): The act or process of inserting a catheter.
  • Bladder catheterization is a common postoperative procedure.
• Catheter (noun): The tube itself.
  • A Foley catheter was inserted.
• Decatheterize (verb, less common): To remove a catheter.
  • The patient was decatheterized on the third day.

Synonyms

• Cannulate (specifically for inserting a cannula into a blood vessel).
• Intubate (specifically for inserting a tube into the trachea).

Antonyms

• Decatheterize (to remove a catheter).
• Extubate (to remove a tube from the trachea).

Học thuật

Verb

1. insert a catheter into (a body part)
   • catheterize the patient's bladder

Từ đồng nghĩa

• catheterise