What's the most urine you've emptied from a bladder?

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The most I've emptied from someone's bladder is 1,600 ml's.

How about you?

Specializes in Level II Trauma Center ICU.

2500, in an ARF patient w/SVT rate 220. Enlarged bladder found on CT by the intensivist. He said "No wonder the guy is in SVT!"

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Specializes in cardiac, ICU, education.

I bet if us nurses all waited to pee until we couldn't anymore, we would outdo all of these patients!

They don't call us camel-bladders for nothing!

(Seriously kidding, don't even want to try)

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As an LPN, I once drained 1500 all at once and got yelled at. The RN said I should never drain more than 1000cc at one time because the fluid shift can be dangerous for the patient. So is that not true then?

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Specializes in I/DD.

I don't see how draining a bladder can cause a fluid shift. It is already out of the vascular system. Correct me if I'm wrong of course.

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Specializes in ICU.
I don't see how draining a bladder can cause a fluid shift. It is already out of the vascular system. Correct me if I'm wrong of course.
Correct. And if the pt is voiding, what are you going to say- "wait no stop peeing now! That's 1000 cc!" lol!
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I'd like to know the answer to this question.... how much can/should you void from a bladder? Will it affect bp if you empty out too much?

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Specializes in ICU.
I'd like to know the answer to this question.... how much can/should you void from a bladder? Will it affect bp if you empty out too much?
The bladder is a holding tank. That's it. As much as it can hold is how much you should empty from it. The fluid is already out of the vasculature so no, it has absolutely no effect on BP.
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Specializes in nursing education.
As an LPN, I once drained 1500 all at once and got yelled at. The RN said I should never drain more than 1000cc at one time because the fluid shift can be dangerous for the patient. So is that not true then?

That is what I was taught too and what we did as P&P.

here's an interesting old thread with EBP links! *squee*

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/clamping-newly-inserted-175137.html

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Specializes in Family Medicine.
I'd like to know the answer to this question.... how much can/should you void from a bladder? Will it affect bp if you empty out too much?

Me too!

I've actually drained 1600 ml's from two patients. After I drained the first 1600 ml champion, I told my charge nurse about it and he got all nervy, telling me I should have clamped it off to drain it slowly. So, I started doing that, however, maybe I don't need to because beckster_01 and sapphire18 make an excellent point.

hey_suz, interesting old thread. Anyone have any info on the bladder spasms created from a rapid drain session?

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the night nurse got 2200cc out of me when i begged her to straight cath me postpartum. by morning the cause had declared itself more forcefully: necrotizing fasciitis in the episiotomy ::eyes watering at the memory::. i told her i couldn't pee. had a foley for a week.

dear god. you poor woman.

women had a short average life-span before the advent of advanced medical care...

...to this day i still cringe when i remember the african woman laughing when we did a village-wide assessment of birthing habits, "we just go out in the field somewhere and squat. we yell out if we think there might be a problem."

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

Mine or someone elses?

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Mine or someone elses?

Lol. I was gonna say...

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