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Acute Urinary Retention in Women: A Prospective Study of 18 Consecutive Cases

1987; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3109/00365598709180286

1651-2065

Peter Klarskov, Jay Andersen, C. F. Asmussen, Jørn Brenøe, S. Kromann Jensen, Inge Jensen, P. Lund, Anders Nikolai Ørsted Schultz, T Vedel,

Urinary Tract Infections Management

Over a 9 months period 18 women were admitted for acute urinary retention to six different Copenhagen hospitals, serving a population of approximately 700000 people. Urodynamically 9 patients had underactive detrusor function, 2 had infravesical obstruction and 3 had both underactive detrusor function and infravesical obstruction. In 4 patients bladder and urethral function were not classified. In 10 patients a provocative event preceded the retention episode. Eleven patients developed recurrent retention within 3 months and 7 patients had persistent severe obstructive voiding problems. Best prognosis was found for patients with correctable infravesical obstruction and for patients with minimal symptoms prior to the retention episode.