Research Article: The Occurrence and Factors Associated with Overt Urinary Retention Among Postpartum Women After Vaginal Delivery with Labor Epidural Analgesia
Abstract:
As a common complication after vaginal delivery, postpartum urinary retention (PUR) refers to the presence of urine in the bladder of postpartum women for six hours after childbirth and the inability to excrete urine by themselves (overt PUR) or the inability to completely excrete it (ie, the residual urine volume in the bladder > mL after trying to urinate, covert PUR). Since there has not been any standardized definition of PUR after vaginal delivery around the world, the incidence of PUR reported in existing research has varied widely, ranging from .% to %., PUR can result in urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence, bladder rupture, renal dysfunction, and others, which detrimentally affect the well-being of postpartum women. Previous research described that there were many risk factors for PUR (eg, epidural anesthesia, forceps-assisted delivery, lateral episiotomy or perineal laceration, primiparity, macrosomia, and prolonged second stage of labor), whereas the results vary to a certain extent from different reports.,–
Introduction:
As a common complication after vaginal delivery, postpartum urinary retention (PUR) refers to the presence of urine in the bladder of postpartum women for six hours after childbirth and the inability to excrete urine by themselves (overt PUR) or the inability to completely excrete it (ie, the residual urine volume in the bladder > mL after trying to urinate, covert PUR). Since there has not been any standardized definition of PUR after vaginal delivery around the world, the incidence of PUR reported in existing…
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