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Review
. 1998 Jul 11;142(28):1603-6.

[Acute urinary retention in women]

[Article in Dutch]
E F van der Linden  1 , P L Venema
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  • PMID: 9763841
Review

[Acute urinary retention in women]

[Article in Dutch]
E F van der Linden et al. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. .

Abstract

Acute urinary retention in women is not a common problem. The incidence is 0.07 per 1000 inhabitants per year. The causes of acute urinary retention can be divided into four groups: obstructive, neurological, pharmacological and psychogenic. More than half of acute urinary retentions occur after surgery or parturition. The most common obstructive cause is a gynaecologic tumor. A psychogenic cause is a diagnosis per exclusionem. The treatment of the acute urinary retention has to be catheterisation before further investigation is done.

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  • [Acute urine retention in women].
    Cools HJ. Cools HJ. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 Oct 3;142(40):2216-7. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998. PMID: 9864491 Dutch. No abstract available.
  • [Acute urine retention in women].
    de Haan J. de Haan J. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998 Oct 3;142(40):2117. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998. PMID: 9864492 Dutch. No abstract available.