{"pk":1201,"title":"Life-Threatening Complications Associated with Bladder Decompression: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Introduction:\n The clinical course of patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with urinary retention is usually uneventful. In this case, we explore the life-threatening complications of urinary retention and bladder decompression.\nCase Report: \nWe report the case of a 57-year-old man who presented to the ED with difficulty voiding. A urinary catheter was placed. The patient had severe post-obstructive diuresis. He developed hematuria and became hypotensive. After aggressive resuscitation, including blood products, the patient required operative intervention for hemorrhage control.\nConclusion:\n Clinicians should be aware of and be able to manage the rare but life-threatening complications associated with urinary retention.","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"urinary retention"},{"word":"bladder decompression"},{"word":"hematuria"},{"word":"hypotension"},{"word":"case report"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3xh2j0wf","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Barry","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Knapp","name_suffix":"","institution":"Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Lauren","middle_name":"","last_name":"Apgar","name_suffix":"","institution":"Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Kirstin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Pennell","name_suffix":"","institution":"Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Norfolk, Virginia","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2022-11-04T19:51:36+01:00","date_accepted":"2022-11-04T19:51:36+01:00","date_published":"2022-11-04T08:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/1201/galley/940/download/"}]}