Misdiagnosis of urinary incontinence in nursing home women: Prevalence and a proposed solution

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 599-618

  Resnick, Neil M ^a,c   Brandeis, Gary H ^b,d,e   Baumann, Margaret M ^f,g   DuBeau, Catherine E ^a,b,c   Yalla, Subbarao V ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c GRECC and Urology Divisions   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f JESSE BROWN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; detrusor overactivity; nursing home; stress incontinence; urinary incontinence; women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; TELEVISION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROLOGY;

EID: 0029909895     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6777(1996)15:6<599::AID-NAU2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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