Title: Severe urinary retention secondary to intrathecal
morphine pain pump: a case report
Keywords : neurogenic bladder, intrathecal morphine, urinary
retention, pain pump, nonmalignant pain
Authors : E. Fregene, MD, MPH, P. Lotze, MD
Corresponding author contact info :
Eyitemi Fregene, MD, MPH
Email:
Eyitemi.Fregene@hcahealthcare.com
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Abstract :
An elderly female with multiple comorbidities presented with acute onset
of severe urinary retention immediately following placement of an
intrathecal morphine pain pump. This case highlights the need to closely
monitor chronic pain patients with complex medical histories who may be
uniquely predisposed to opioid-mediated severe urinary retention.