Efficacy of Lidocaine Gel in Reducing Foley Catheter Discomfort in Surgical Patients

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2016
This study will evaluate whether lidocaine gel for urinary catheter insertion would decrease pain and discomfort associate with Foley catheters upon awakening from general anesthesia in the post anesthesia care unit. As a secondary objective, the study will evaluate bacterial colony counts from urine obtained from the surgical patients after insertion of the Foley catheter prior to prophylactic antimicrobial administration.
Epistemonikos ID: 47cad6cfe345e1b5ceb15ced85958075a2d97190
First added on: May 12, 2024