Authors

José Enrique Hernández Rodríguez1, Maximino Díaz Hernández1, Lucía Cilleros Pino2

Position

Enfermero. Profesor Titular del Departamento de Enfermería de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)¹, Enfermera y Lic

Contact address

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Enfermería. Plazoleta Dr. Pasteur, s/n. 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Contact email: jhernandez@denf.ulpgc.es

Abstract

One of the most frequently performed procedures carried out by nursing professionals in their daily routines at the hospital setting as well as in health centres is the insertion of vesical catheters.
The procedure requires the manipulation of the urethra, which is lined with a well-irrigated mucous epithelium. If this epithelium becomes damaged it can cause important complications to the bearer of the catheter such as infections or urethral stenosis which has the greatest impact on the quality of life of the patients that suffer from this disease as it makes the normal elimination of urine from the bladder difficult.
The purpose of this paper is to show the existence of previous articles that support that an urethral lubricant instilled inside the urethra before vesical catheterism is an effective measure to avoid traumatic complications in the urethra so that its use become standarised in all vesical catheterism procedures performed.
A review of the literature was carried out using the Medline, Cinhal, Cochrane Library and Cuiden databases, with searches focusing on age (adults) and the period of time (1985 to 2005, both inclusive).

Keywords:

urethral catheterisation; lubrication; gel; local anaesthesia; urethral stenosis; procedure

Versión en Español

Título:

Aplicación de lubricante para el cateterismo vesical