Case challenge · Urology / Emergency · teaching

Acute Urinary Retention — Management Pathway · case challenge

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Case #1Urology / Emergency

📋 Case data

Is urethral catheterization feasible?Urethral catheter decompression feasible

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Step 1 / 1 · Is urethral catheterization feasible?

Is urethral catheterization feasible?

💡 Sudden painful inability to void, clinically obvious (suprapubic distension/pain, palpable/percussible bladder), confirmed by ultrasound; in men >50 the most common cause is BPH, otherwise prostate cancer/urethral stricture/clot/constipation/prostatitis-UTI/anticholinergic-sympathomimetic drugs/postoperative/neurogenic.

For teaching. Decisions and their basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways; for licensed clinicians/trainees, this does not replace clinical judgment or local protocols.