"Urinary Retention" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inability to empty the URINARY BLADDER with voiding (URINATION).
| Descriptor ID |
D016055
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.934.880 C13.351.968.934.880
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Urinary Retention" by people in Profiles.
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Smoking and acute urinary retention: the Olmsted County study of urinary symptoms and health status among men. Prostate. 2009 May 15; 69(7):699-705.
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Association of anthropometric measures with the presence and progression of benign prostatic hyperplasia. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Jul 01; 164(1):41-6.
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Limitations of using outcomes in the placebo arm of a clinical trial of benign prostatic hyperplasia to quantify those in the community. Mayo Clin Proc. 2005 Jun; 80(6):759-64.
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Prostate volume and prostate-specific antigen in the absence of prostate cancer: a review of the relationship and prediction of long-term outcomes. Prostate. 2001 Nov 01; 49(3):208-12.
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Natural history of prostatism: risk factors for acute urinary retention. J Urol. 1997 Aug; 158(2):481-7.