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there are many purposes of catheterization and these are:

1- to relieve acute or chronic urinary retention

2- to drain urine preoperative and postoperative

3- to determine thew amount of residual urine after voiding

4- to determine the accurate measurement or urinary drainage in critically ill patients

5- to monitor the input and output for electrolyte status of client

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