Urinary Retention in Depression with Catatonia

Urinary retention in women.

Acute urinary retention in children.

PURPOSE Acute urinary retention in children is a relatively rare entity. There are a variety of causes that are poorly defined in the literature. We review our cases of acute urinary retention in children at three major pediatrics centers in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1996 and 2003, children (up to 14 years old) who had been referred due to acute urinary retention were examined. Urin...

Managing patients with acute urinary retention.

Acute urinary retention (AUR) is more than ten times more common in men than women. In men it tends to occur in the elderly; the risk of AUR is higher in men > 70 years. The causes in men can be divided into precipitated or occurring spontaneously. These can be further divided according to the mechanism i.e. obstructive, neurological and myogenic. Spontaneous AUR, caused by progression of BPH l...

Urodynamics of men with urinary retention.

OBJECTIVES To describe the urodynamic characteristics of men with urinary retention, and to show the diverse treatment plans based on urodynamic findings. METHODS We carried out a 3-year retrospective review of men with urinary retention who were referred to our clinic for urodynamic evaluation. Men with a history of neurogenic voiding dysfunction or major pelvic surgery were excluded. Multic...

Postpartum urinary retention.

BACKGROUND Urinary retention is a common and frustrating complication in women during the immediate postpartum period. Physiologic changes in the bladder that occur during pregnancy predispose patients to develop symptomatic retention of urine during the first hours to days after delivery. METHODS The incidence and characteristics of postpartum urinary retention were researched through a lite...