Tag Archives: Cardiac catheters

We had a “Lost in Translation” moment last week in the clinic. While discussing the need to place a catheter in a patient to administer chemotherapy, the pet’s family asked, “How will he urinate if there’s a catheter in his bladder to administer chemotherapy?” We were talking about an intravenous catheter, and they were talking about a urinary catheter. After a bit more chatting, we cleared up the misconception, but I suspect this family is not the only one with questions about catheters—and that is the subject of this blogpost.