Pragmatic and alternative use of a pigtail pleural drainage catheter as a suprapubic urinary catheter in the retrieval setting
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A man aged 52 years was retrieved from a rural hospital in South Australia following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. He required a urinary catheter due to bladder distension and long retrieval time. It was not possible to insert a urinary catheter via the urethral route. Bladder decompression was achieved with a pigtail pleural drainage catheter carried in the kit of the retrieval team, with no complication. This approach is a pragmatic technique in a limited-resource setting, where access to formal suprapubic catheter kits or associated personnel may not be available.
Source: Rural and Remote Health
DOI: 10.22605/rrh10213
Authors: John Floridis, Matthew Hooper
Institutions: Flinders University, James Cook University
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4417313472
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