Acute Urinary Retention Flashcards

1
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Acute Urinary Retention Defined as

A

‘painful inability to void with a palpable and percussible bladder’

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Main Risk Factor for Acute Urinary retention

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BPO but can occur independently of BPO

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3
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Immediate Treatment of Acute Urinary retention

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Catheter

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4
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If no Renal Failure in Acute Urinary Retention

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Start Alpha Blocker Immediately

Remove Cather in 2 Days

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5
Q

Residuals vary in Acute Urinary Retention from what to what

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500ml to 1 litre

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For those with BPO acute urinary retention is triggered by

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Unrelated event eg constipation, alcohol, urological procedure or spontaneous eg BPO

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