What is Urine retention?

What is Urine retention?

• Urine retention: Partial or total inability to excrete urine.
• Urine retention: Inability to urinate. The etiology of this disorder includes obstructive, neurogenic, pharmacologic, and psychogenic causes.
  Source - Diseases Database

Urine retention: Introduction

Types of Urine retention:

Types of Urine retention:

• Acute urine retention
• Chronic urine retention
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Broader types of Urine retention:

• Bladder conditions
• Urinary disorders
• Acute urinary conditions
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How serious is Urine retention?

Complications of Urine retention: see complications of Urine retention

What causes Urine retention?

Causes of Urine retention: see causes of Urine retention

What are the symptoms of Urine retention?

Symptoms of Urine retention: see symptoms of Urine retention

Complications of Urine retention: see complications of Urine retention

Urine retention: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Urine retention.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Urine retention.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Urine retention: see treatments for Urine retention
Research for Urine retention: see research for Urine retention

Society issues for Urine retention

Hospitalization statistics for Urine retention: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Urine retention:

• 0.25% (32,162) of hospital consultant episodes were for retention of urine in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 83% of hospital consultant episodes for retention of urine required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 86% of hospital consultant episodes for retention of urine were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 14% of hospital consultant episodes for retention of urine were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 75% of hospital consultant episodes for retention of urine required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Urine retention:

Organs and body systems related to Urine retention include:

• Bladder
• Urination
• Urine

Name and Aliases of Urine retention

Main name of condition: Urine retention

Bladder distension, Distended bladder, Urinary retention Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Urine retention:

• Urinary obstruction
• Obstruction of the urinary tract
• Blocked urine flow
• Renal failure
• Kidney failure
• Renal dysfunction
• Kidney dysfunction
• Renal insufficiency
• Renal calculi
• Urinary tract infection
• UTI
• Renal tubular acidosis
• RTA
• Hyperkalemia
• Hypomagnesia
• Hypophosphatemia

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