No Urine Output

Acute Care Casebook ◽

10.1093/med/9780190865412.003.0043 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 213-216

Author(s):

Alison Rodger

Keyword(s):

Urinary Retention ◽

Acute Urinary Retention ◽

Urine Osmolality ◽

Clinical Approach ◽

Serum Chemistry ◽

Line Treatment ◽

Initial Work ◽

Urine Electrolytes ◽

Work Up ◽

First Line Treatment

The chapter describes a case of acute urinary retention to illustrate the clinical approach to anuria. It reviews the differential diagnosis and initial work up for anuria considering prerenal, renal, and postrenal etiologies. This work up includes serum chemistry, urinalysis, urine culture, urine electrolytes, urine creatinine, urine osmolality, and bedside bladder ultrasound. It discusses the causes of acute urinary retention including neurologic, obstructive, infectious, inflammatory, medication induced, or traumatic causes, and also illustrates the management of acute urinary retention..Urethral catheterization to decompress the bladder is the first-line treatment for acute urinary retention, which is followed by treatment of the underlying cause or causes.

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Acute urinary retention after Black Widow envenomation: a case report

CJEM ◽

10.1017/cem.2017.408 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 640-642 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Matthew Carere ◽

Russel Sterret ◽

Nicholas Timmerman ◽

Ian Taylor

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Differential Diagnosis ◽

Case Report ◽

Acute Abdomen ◽

Urinary Retention ◽

Acute Urinary Retention ◽

Black Widow ◽

Spider Bite ◽

Work Up ◽

Widow Spider

AbstractLatrodectism following Black Widow envenomation is rare in Canada. We present the case of a previously healthy 50 year old male who presented with an acute abdomen, hypertension, and urinary retention. After a thorough work up it was determined to be as a result of a Black Widow spider bite. Due to climate change we may see more cases of Latrodectism in the future and it should be considered as a differential diagnosis in anyone presenting with an acute abdomen after an insect bite.

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Soft Tissue

Mayo Clinic General Surgery ◽

10.1093/med/9780190650506.003.0015 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 207-216

Author(s):

Jad M. Abdelsattar ◽

Moustafa M. El Khatib ◽

T. K. Pandian ◽

Samuel J. Allen ◽

David R. Farley

Keyword(s):

Surgical Treatment ◽

Soft Tissue ◽

Malignant Tumors ◽

Postoperative Bleeding ◽

Soft Tissue Sarcomas ◽

Skin Lesions ◽

The Body ◽

Line Treatment ◽

Work Up ◽

First Line Treatment

The integumentary system is formed from the mesoderm. Skin and its appendages compose the largest bodily organ. The integumentary system and underlying soft tissue (fat, fascia, and muscle) protect the body from damage and infection. Skin lesions are typically asymptomatic, but they occasionally itch, bleed, or ulcerate. Work-up for diagnosis of soft tissue sarcomas includes CT, MRI, and biopsy. First-line treatment for symptomatic benign lipomas is surgical resection. Complications of surgical treatment of malignant tumors of the skin and soft tissue are postoperative bleeding, infection, hematoma, and recurrence.

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