A Nurse-Led Voiding Algorithm for Managing Urinary Retention After General Thoracic Surgery.

Background: Untreated postoperative urinary retention (POUR) leads to bladder overdistension. Treatment of POUR involves urinary catheterization, which predisposes patients to catheter-associated urinary tract infections. The hospital's rate of POUR after lobectomy was 21%, exceeding the Society of...

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Publicado en:Critical Care Nurse Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 23 - 32
Autores principales: Pierson, Mary, Cretella, Brittany, Roussel, Maureen, Byrne, Patricia, Parkosewich, Janet
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Feb2022
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