Acute urinary retention.

Acute urinary retention.

Fontanarosa P B; Roush W R

Emergency medicine clinics of North America

1988

1988-08

Acute urinary retention is a common emergency genitourinary symptom. The etiology of acute retention includes obstructive, neurogenic, pharmacologic, and psychogenic causes. The emergency management of acute urinary retention is bladder decompression, which is usually accomplished with a Foley catheter.

Female; Humans; Male; Physical Examination; Emergencies; Urinary Catheterization; Urinary Bladder; Urination; Urination Disorders/diagnosis/*etiology/physiopathology/therapy

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