Urinary retention

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In medicine, urinary retention is "inability to empty the urinary bladder with voiding (urination).[1]

In males, antimuscarinic cholinergic antagonists may contribute to retention.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Anonymous (2024), Urinary retention (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. ↑ Martín-Merino E, García-Rodríguez LA, Massó-González EL, Roehrborn CG (2009). "Do oral antimuscarinic drugs carry an increased risk of acute urinary retention?". J Urol 182 (4): 1442-8. DOI:10.1016/j.juro.2009.06.051. PMID 19683302. Research Blogging.
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