EMplify by EB Medicine
Episode 55 -Management of Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department
EMplify - March 2021
Management of Acute Urinary Retention in the Emergency Department
- An algorithmic approach to urinary retention.
- Relieve the obstruction
- Foley
- Cudet cather
- Silicone catheter
- Suprapubic catheter
- Determine the cause -
- Structural
- Medications / Toxicologic
- Neurologic
- Infectious
- Alpha blockers
- Antibiotics
- Slow vs rapid bladder decompression
- Admit or discharge
- Phimosis and Paraphimosis
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