Urinary bladder tamponade (blood clots in the bladder)

Extract

• Preceded by a urological intervention (catheterization, bladder puncture, transurethral resection of the prostate [TURP]).
• Bleeding caused by a bladder tumour.
• Sequelae of pelvic radiotherapy.
• Anticoagulant therapy predisposes to bladder tamponade but does not cause it.
• Usually the patient has had haematuria already before the tamponade, and as the condition persists, painful urinary retention will develop.
• There may be a blood clot visible at the urethral orifice.

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Catheters, Indwelling, Hematuria, Hemorrhage, Prostatectomy, R31, Surgery, Tranexamic Acid, Transurethral Resection of Prostate, Urinary Bladder, Urology, bladder tamponade, blood clot, tamponade