Overt and covert postpartum urinary retention, risk factors and complications - a cohort study at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Zakaria, NH, Nusee, Zalina, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Ismail, Hamizah, Abdulwahab, Dalia F, Abdullah, Suhaiza, Awang, Mokhtar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ireland Ltd. 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29199/1/overt_and_covert_postpartum_-_p109.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29199/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03376.x/abstract

Introduction/Objective: The risk of postpartum urinary retention (PUR) varies between 0.5% and 14.1% of deliveries. It is higher among the Asian population with prolonged first and second stage of labour, epidural analgesia and previous history of PUR. The objectives were to determine the local in...