This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast is a brief review of the management of urinary retention in children. The most common causes are UTI and constipation – but you must be aware of neurological problems and assure that you history is thorough and your physical exam complete. You can listen right here via the streaming audio file – or subscribe on your device via your favorite podcast service.

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Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast, Brad Sobolewski discusses advanced imaging in pediatric emergency care with Dr. Jennifer Marin (jennifer.marin@chp.edu) from UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. They explore the evidence behind ultrasound, CT, and MRI, strategies to reduce low-value imaging, and the role of shared decision-making in selecting the appropriate diagnostic […]
  1. Advanced Imaging of Children in the ED: Ultrasound, CT, and MRI
  2. Parvovirus B19 (Fifth Disease)
  3. The Unvaccinated Child with Fever
  4. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  5. Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas

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Peter JR, Steinhardt GF. Acute urinary retention in children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1993 Aug;9(4):205-7. PMID: 8367356.

Gatti JM, Perez-Brayfield M, Kirsch AJ, Smith EA, Massad HC, Broecker BH. Acute urinary retention in children. J Urol. 2001 Mar;165(3):918-21. PMID: 11176514.