03-15-2008, 08:23 PM
I think vacant_planets2000 is right...
here I quote from Up To Date....
Postpartum urinary retention is a relatively common complication in the early puerperium. There is no standard definition, but the absence of spontaneous micturition within six hours of vaginal delivery or within six hours of removal of an indwelling catheter after cesarean delivery are reasonable criteria . In a large series of over 11,000 postpartum patients, the prevalence of postpartum urinary retention defined as inability to void for at least 12 hours after vaginal delivery was 0.45 percent . When inability to void six hours after delivery and residual urine volume of >150 mL was used as criterion, the prevalence was 4 percent . The prevalence of voiding dysfunction symptoms (eg, hesitancy, slow or intermittent stream, straining, sense of incomplete emptying) is much higher.
here I quote from Up To Date....
Postpartum urinary retention is a relatively common complication in the early puerperium. There is no standard definition, but the absence of spontaneous micturition within six hours of vaginal delivery or within six hours of removal of an indwelling catheter after cesarean delivery are reasonable criteria . In a large series of over 11,000 postpartum patients, the prevalence of postpartum urinary retention defined as inability to void for at least 12 hours after vaginal delivery was 0.45 percent . When inability to void six hours after delivery and residual urine volume of >150 mL was used as criterion, the prevalence was 4 percent . The prevalence of voiding dysfunction symptoms (eg, hesitancy, slow or intermittent stream, straining, sense of incomplete emptying) is much higher.