Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2018
A 74-year-old patient visited a urologist with complaints of pain above the pubis and inability to urinate for 8 hours. At home he had taken antispasmodics and had a warm bath but no improvement occurred. Objectively: abdomen is soft and painful above the pubis; dullness of percussion sound is observed above the pubis. Murphy’s (Pasternatski’s) punch sign is negative on the both sides. What condition does the patient have?
Answer options
- Chronic urinary retention
- Oliguria
- Acute urinary retention
- Anuria
- Paradoxal ischuria
Correct answer
Acute urinary retention
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