Medical treatment for urinary retention in rehabilitating elderly women: Is it necessary?

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-24

  Hershkovitz, Avital ^a,b   Manevitz, Dimitri ^a,b   Beloosesky, Yichayaou ^b,c   Gillon, Gabriel ^b,c   Brill, Shai ^a,b  

^a Beit Rivka Geriatric Rehabilitation Center   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alpha blocker; Elderly; Geriatric rehabilitation; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOXAZOSIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESIDUAL URINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 0037641179     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324475     Document Type: Article

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