TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Acute Urinary Retention A1 - Yen, David Hung-Tsang A1 - Lee, Chen-Hsen A2 - Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 - Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Yealy, Donald M. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Cline, David M. PY - 2016 T2 - Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e AB - Acute urinary retention is a common painful urologic emergency characterized by a sudden inability to pass urine, with lower abdominal distention or pain. Most patients with urinary retention are elderly men with benign prostatic hyperplasia.1,2 The incidence and risk increase with age. There is a 20% recurrence within 6 months after an episode of urinary retention.2 Few data are available for women. In men with spontaneous urinary retention, the mortality rate at 1 year increases from 4.1% in patients age 45 to 54 years to 32.8% in those age 85 years and older.3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/11 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121508697 ER -