catheterization

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cath·e·ter·i·za·tion | \ ˌka-thə-tə-rə-ˈzā-shən

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Definition of catheterization

: the use of or introduction of a catheter (as in or into the bladder, trachea, or heart)

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Recent Examples on the Web One of them was nurse Jeffrey Roussel, who works in the catheterization laboratory. — Emily Woodruff, NOLA.com, 14 Dec. 2020 Ambulances with heart patients were being diverted because the facility's catheterization lab was down, the person posted. — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020 Her sister, Zyniya, who is now 10, knows how to properly clean up after a catheterization, how to change a diaper, how to buckle her into the car. — Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2019 Examples might include an endoscopy or a heart catheterization that is not expected to involve significant hospital recovery time, Stack said Monday. — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 27 Apr. 2020 The 40,000-square-foot expansion includes a cardiovascular operating room, a hybrid catheterization lab and 30 critical-care-capable beds, which brings the hospital’s total inpatient beds to 130. — Naseem S. Miller, orlandosentinel.com, 11 Dec. 2019 He was taken into a catheterization lab and then to an operating room, The New York Times report says. — Rebekah Riess And Hollie Silverman, CNN, 24 July 2019 For example, patients in the Phoenix VA nursing home were half as likely to report constant pain, and had long-term catheterization one-third as often as other VA homes. — Dennis Wagner, azcentral, 17 June 2018 When patients enter a hospital during a heart attack, some are immediately taken to a catheterization laboratory, said Robert Yeh, an interventional cardiologist and co-author of the study. — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018

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“Catheterization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catheterization. Accessed 19 Jun. 2021.

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