Table 5 Adverse events pertaining to urinary catheter and urine drainage system in spinal cord injury patients

Bleeding from the urethra

Yes / No

Blood in the urine

Yes / No

Pull on the catheter

Yes / No

Partial slipping of an indwelling catheter

Yes / No

Spontaneous extrusion of an indwelling catheter

Yes / No

Forcible extrusion of an indwelling catheter

Yes / No

Catheter bypassing

Yes / No

Difficulty in inserting a new catheter per urethra

Yes / No

Split of the urethra (water-pipe) – traumatic hypospadias

Yes / No

Epididymitis/orchitis

Yes / No

Autonomic Dysreflexia

Yes / No

Predisposing factor for autonomic dysreflexia: Please specify: ---------------------- Common features of autonomic dysreflexia are sweating and head ache. Dysreflexia is often precipitated by obstruction to urine drainage. A SCI patient may develop dysreflexia when a catheter gets blocked or when the urine bag becomes full and is not emptied promptly. The confirmation of the predisposing factor for the occurrence of dysreflexia is prompt relief of dysreflexic symptoms when the predisposing factor is corrected e.g. urine bag is emptied, or a blocked catheter is changed.

Ulcer over the penis in those wearing a sheath

Yes / No

Skin excoriation over the penis in those wearing a sheath

Yes / No

Pressure mark on the thigh due to catheter or tubing

Yes / No

Stones in the urinary bladder

Yes / No

Obstruction to urinary drainage because of twisting of the penile sheath

Yes / No

Acute folding of the urethral catheter

Yes / No

Sharp bend of the drainage tube

Yes / No

Others (specify)

Yes / No