RT Book, Section
A1 Manthey, David E.
A1 Story, David J.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166534850
T1 Acute Urinary Retention
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166534850
RD 2023/10/02
AB Acute  urinary  retention  is  a  common  painful  urologic  emergency  characterized  by  an  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  of  this  etiology  increase  with  age,  with  1  in  10  men  in  their  70s  having  an  episode  of  acute  urinary  retention  and  1  in  3  men  having  one  in  their  80s.  There  is  a  20%  recurrence  rate  within  6  months  of  an  episode  of  urinary  retention  due  to  benign  prostatic  hyperplasia.2  Acute  urinary  retention  in  women  is  relatively  uncommon,  accounting  for  only  3  out  of  100,000  cases  of  acute  urinary  retention  each  year,  with  the  most  common  causes  being  bladder  masses,  gynecologic  surgery,  and  pelvic  prolapse.3