Acute Urinary Retention: Should We Call It a Manifestation of Appendicitis?

Acute urinary retention as an unusual manifestation of aseptic meningitis.

A formerly healthy 32-year-old woman was hospitalized for a closer examination of undiagnosed fever with mild headache. Despite lack of distinct findings on physical and laboratory examinations at admission, she suddenly developed anuresis due to acontractile neurogenic bladder. On the basis of her symptoms and the faint nuchal rigidity revealed later, as well as the results of cerebrospinal fl...

The ‘novel’ influenza A(H1N1) enigma: is it a pandemic, how should we respond, what should we call it?

On 24 April 2009 the World Health Organization (WHO) reported human cases of swine influenza A ⁄H1N1 occurring in the USA and Mexico. The number of recorded cases increased rapidly, there was clear human to human transmission, and it appears that the outbreak originated in Mexico in mid-March or earlier. This prompted WHO on 27th April to raise its pandemic preparedness from phase three, where ...

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?

Acute urinary retention: an unusual presentation of acute appendicitis in a 3 year old boy.

We report acute appendicitis presenting as acute urinary retention in a 31⁄2 year old boy, admitted with a four day history of central abdominal pain associated with diarrhoea but no urinary symptoms. He was apyrexial, hydrated, with mild tenderness in the suprapubic region. He developed dysuria and went into acute urinary retention confirmed by an ultrasound scan that also showed moderate hydr...

Teaching patients about pain: It works, but what should we call it?

Teaching patients about pain: It works, but what should we call it? Adriaan Louw PT, PhD, Emilio “Louie” J. Puentedura PT, DPT, PhD & Kory Zimney PT, DPT To cite this article: Adriaan Louw PT, PhD, Emilio “Louie” J. Puentedura PT, DPT, PhD & Kory Zimney PT, DPT (2016) Teaching patients about pain: It works, but what should we call it?, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 32:5, 328-331, DOI: 10.1...