Decreasing the Incidence of Postoperative Urinary Retention and Incontinence With Total Joint Replacement Patients After Spinal Anesthesia in the Postanesthesia Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project.

CONCLUSIONS: A bladder scanning protocol decreases postoperative incontinence. Bladder scanning also helps to decrease POUR by decreasing the potential risk of complications. PMID: 31204270 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: J Perianesth Nurs Source Type: research