{"id":12048,"date":"2025-07-23T10:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/glossary-term\/catheterization\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:36:46","slug":"cateterismo","status":"publish","type":"glossary-term","link":"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/cateterismo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cateterismo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","glossary-category":[112],"glossary-product":[],"class_list":["post-12048","glossary-term","type-glossary-term","status-publish","hentry","glossary-category-surgical-procedures"],"acf":{"gt-definition":"El cateterismo es la inserci\u00f3n de un tubo (cat\u00e9ter) en la vejiga para drenar la orina o en otras cavidades del cuerpo.<span class=\"citation\">1<\/span> Este procedimiento m\u00e9dico implica colocar un tubo hueco y flexible a trav\u00e9s de la uretra hasta la vejiga urinaria para permitir que la orina drene cuando no es posible orinar normalmente o cuando la vejiga requiere vaciarse con fines diagn\u00f3sticos o terap\u00e9uticos.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> La palabra \"cat\u00e9ter\" se deriva de En griego antiguo \"kathi\u00e9nai\", que literalmente significa \"empujar\" o \"enviar hacia abajo\".<span class=\"citation\">3<\/span><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los cat\u00e9teres urinarios se clasifican seg\u00fan su m\u00e9todo de inserci\u00f3n: cat\u00e9teres externos que se adhieren a los genitales externos, cat\u00e9teres uretrales insertados a trav\u00e9s de la uretra hasta la vejiga y cat\u00e9teres suprap\u00fabicos insertados quir\u00fargicamente a trav\u00e9s de un acceso suprap\u00fabico.<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span> Seg\u00fan la duraci\u00f3n del uso, los cat\u00e9teres pueden ser intermitentes (a corto plazo) o permanentes. (a largo plazo).<span class=\"citation\">5<\/span> El tipo m\u00e1s com\u00fan de cat\u00e9ter permanente es el cat\u00e9ter de Foley, que cuenta con un globo de autorretenci\u00f3n inflado con agua esterilizada despu\u00e9s de la inserci\u00f3n para evitar que el cat\u00e9ter se deslice fuera del cuerpo.<span class=\"citation\">6<\/span>","gt-synonyms":"Cateterismo urinario, cateterismo vesical, cateterismo uretral, Inserci\u00f3n de cat\u00e9ter de Foley, colocaci\u00f3n de cat\u00e9ter permanente, cateterismo intermitente, inserci\u00f3n de cat\u00e9ter suprap\u00fabico, cat\u00e9ter de drenaje urinario, cateterismo transuretral, cateterismo del tracto urinario","gt-citation":"[1] Tan E, Ahluwalia A, Kankam H, Menezes P. Urinary catheterization 1: indications. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2019 Sep 02;80(9):C133-C135. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12968\/hmed.2019.80.9.C133\n\n[2] Haider MZ, Annamaraju P. Bladder Catheterization. [Actualizado 2023 Jul 24]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. Disponible en: https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK560748\/\n\n[3] Feneley RC, Hopley IB, Wells PN. Urinary catheters: history, current status, adverse events and research agenda. J Med Eng Technol. 2015;39(8):459-70. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3109\/03091902.2015.1085600\n\n[4] Lachance CC, Grobelna A. Management of Patients with Long-Term Indwelling Urinary Catheters: A Review of Guidelines [Internet]. Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; Ottawa (ON): May 14, 2019. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.juro.2019.02.042\n\n[5] Selius BA, Subedi R. Urinary retention in adults: diagnosis and initial management. Am Fam Physician. 2008 Mar 01;77(5):643-50. PMID: 18350762\n\n[6] Dauw CA, Wolf JS. Fundamentals of upper urinary tract drainage. In: Partin AW, Dmochowski RR, Kavoussi LR, Peters CA, eds. Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021:chap 12.","gt-clinical-context":"El cateterismo se emplea en diversos escenarios cl\u00ednicos, con indicaciones espec\u00edficas tanto para fines terap\u00e9uticos como de diagn\u00f3stico.<span class=\"citation\">1,2<\/span> Terap\u00e9uticamente, se utiliza principalmente para controlar la retenci\u00f3n urinaria, que puede ser aguda o cr\u00f3nica, como resultado de causas obstructivas, infecciosas, farmacol\u00f3gicas o neurol\u00f3gicas.<span class=\"citation\">5<\/span> La hiperplasia prost\u00e1tica benigna (BPH) es la causa m\u00e1s com\u00fan de retenci\u00f3n urinaria intr\u00ednseca en hombres, mientras que las causas extr\u00ednsecas incluyen compresi\u00f3n por agrandamiento de \u00f3rganos abdominales o p\u00e9lvicos.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span><\/p>\n    \n    <p>El cateterismo tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 indicado perioperatoriamente en la mayor\u00eda de las cirug\u00edas abdominop\u00e9lvicas, particularmente en procedimientos urol\u00f3gicos y ginecol\u00f3gicos.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> En casos que involucran estructuras adyacentes al tracto genitourinario, se recomiendan cat\u00e9teres con vaina.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> Facilita el manejo de la retenci\u00f3n urinaria postoperatoria debido a la anestesia y ayuda a lograr un mejor dolor postoperatorio. controlar.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Para pacientes con disfunci\u00f3n neurog\u00e9nica de la vejiga o incontinencia urinaria, el cateterismo proporciona una soluci\u00f3n de tratamiento.<span class=\"citation\">6<\/span> Tambi\u00e9n est\u00e1 indicado para pacientes con enfermedades agudas que requieren una medici\u00f3n minuciosa del gasto urinario, administraci\u00f3n de medicamentos de quimioterapia e irrigaci\u00f3n de la vejiga.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> Desde el punto de vista diagn\u00f3stico, el cateterismo permite la medici\u00f3n de la urodin\u00e1mica, la recolecci\u00f3n de muestras para an\u00e1lisis de orina y estudios radiogr\u00e1ficos como cistogramas.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span><\/p>\n    \n    <p>Los criterios de selecci\u00f3n de pacientes incluyen una evaluaci\u00f3n cuidadosa de las indicaciones y contraindicaciones.<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span> Las contraindicaciones incluyen sangre en el meato, hematuria macrosc\u00f3pica, evidencia de infecci\u00f3n uretral, dolor o malestar uretral, bajo volumen\/distensibilidad de la vejiga y rechazo del paciente.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> Para personas con funci\u00f3n de vejiga deteriorada y para quienes el m\u00e9todo es factible, limpio El autocateterismo intermitente es el procedimiento \u00f3ptimo.<span class=\"citation\">3<\/span><\/p>\n    \n    <p>La necesidad de un cat\u00e9ter vesical debe evaluarse diariamente, ya que su extracci\u00f3n inmediata disminuye el riesgo de infecci\u00f3n del tracto urinario.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> Para pacientes con retenci\u00f3n urinaria cr\u00f3nica y evacuaci\u00f3n incompleta de la vejiga, el cateterismo intermitente a menudo es preferible a los cat\u00e9teres permanentes.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span>","gt-related-evidence":null,"gt-featured":true,"gt-ai-referenced":false,"gt-view-count":72},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cateterismo: Urinary Tube Insertion for Bladder Drainage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El cateterismo es la inserci\u00f3n de un tubo en la vejiga para drenar la orina cuando no es posible una micci\u00f3n normal y se utiliza tanto con fines...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rigicon.com\/es\/glossary-term\/cateterismo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta 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