Impact of systematic urinary catheterization protocol in delivery room on covert postpartum urinary retention: a before-after study.

ABSTRACT: We investigated whether implementation of a routine catheterization procedure in labor improves covert postpartum urinary retention (cPUR) rates. We conducted a prospective before-after study. 121 women admitted to delivery room in the observational group, and 82 in the intervention group, in a tertiary university hospital in Southern France were included. All patients in the intervention group were systematically catheterized 2?hours after delivery. cPUR was screened for in both groups. The primary end-point was cPUR (post-void residual bladder volume >150?ml when voided volume is >150?mL). The rate of cPUR decreased from 50% (60 out of 121 patients) in the observational group to 17% (14/82) in the intervention group (OR?=?0.21; 95% Confidence Interval [0.13;0.58]; p?

SUBMITTER: Neron M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735096 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature