Urinary Retention Evaluation and Catheterization Algorithm for Adult Inpatients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Acute urinary retention (UR) is common, yet variations in diagnosis and management can lead to inappropriate catheterization and harm.

Objective

To develop an algorithm for screening and management of UR among adult inpatients.

Design, setting, and participants

In this mixed-methods study using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method and qualitative interviews, an 11-member multidisciplinary expert panel of nurses and physicians from across the US used a formal multi-round process from March to May 2015 to rate 107 clinical scenarios involving diagnosis and management of adult UR in postoperative and medical inpatients. The panel ratings informed the first algorithm draft. Semistructured interviews were conducted from October 2020 to May 2021 with 33 frontline

SUBMITTER: Chrouser K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11252892 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature