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Urinary incontinence
Urinary incontinence is a topic covered in the Diagnosaurus.
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Etiology
Transient incontinence: DIAPPERS
- Delirium
- Infection
- Atrophic vaginitis or urethritis
- Pharmacology, eg, anticholinergics, diuretics, hypnotics
- Psychiatric disorders, eg, psychosis, depression
- Excess urine, eg, edema, hyperglycemia, hypercalcemia
- Restricted mobility
- Stool impaction
- Detrusor overactivity (urge incontinence or "overactive" bladder)
- Urethral incompetence (stress incontinence, eg, multiparity, pelvic surgery)
- Urethral obstruction (eg, benign prostatic hyperplasia; can also present as urge or overflow)
- Detrusor underactivity (overflow incontinence, eg, neurogenic bladder, anticholinergics)
- Mixed incontinence (urge and stress)
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Etiology
Transient incontinence: DIAPPERS
- Delirium
- Infection
- Atrophic vaginitis or urethritis
- Pharmacology, eg, anticholinergics, diuretics, hypnotics
- Psychiatric disorders, eg, psychosis, depression
- Excess urine, eg, edema, hyperglycemia, hypercalcemia
- Restricted mobility
- Stool impaction
- Detrusor overactivity (urge incontinence or "overactive" bladder)
- Urethral incompetence (stress incontinence, eg, multiparity, pelvic surgery)
- Urethral obstruction (eg, benign prostatic hyperplasia; can also present as urge or overflow)
- Detrusor underactivity (overflow incontinence, eg, neurogenic bladder, anticholinergics)
- Mixed incontinence (urge and stress)
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Urinary Incontinence." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/1/Urinary_incontinence.
Zeiger RFR. Urinary incontinence. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/1/Urinary_incontinence. Accessed June 24, 2021.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Urinary incontinence. In Diagnosaurus (4th edition). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/1/Urinary_incontinence
Zeiger RFR. Urinary Incontinence [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2021 June 24]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/1/Urinary_incontinence.
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