POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND PRAXIS AT THE BEDROOM BY RESIDENT NURSES IN THE BLADDER RESIDUAL ASSESSMENT: CASE REPORT

Abstract

Objective: to explain the practice of point-of-care ultrasound at the bedside by resident nurses in bladder residual assessment. Case report: male patient, 72 years old, complaining of voiding difficulty associated with dysuria, after becoming aware of the complaint, the Relief Vesical Catheter (CVA) was placed at night with a considerable amount of urine output. On the following day, on physical examination, he presented pain on palpation in the Lower Belly region (BV) and presence of a vesical globe. After the physical examination and knowledge of the patient's complaints, the nurses chose to perform the point-of-care ultrasound at the bedside to assess the bladder residue. Comorbidities: Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH). Bladder POCUS that revealed: quantitative of 540cc by the ELIPSE formula (L X AP X T X 0.52). Conclusions: thus, the present case report supports the relevance of the use of bedside US as a complementary resource to the physical examination, by the professional nurse and the importance of this tool in the differential diagnosis of urinary residual volume retention.