Evaluation and management of urinary incontinence in elderly women

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 491-495

  Lasala, Christine A ^b   Kuchel, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UConn Center on Aging ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ASPARTAME; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; DULOXETINE; EPHEDRINE; ESTROGEN; IMIPRAMINE; NICOTINE; OXYBUTYNIN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SACCHARIN; TOLTERODINE;

AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLADDER NECK; COGNITION; DEVICE; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FLUID BALANCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDEPENDENCE; MEDICAL EXPERT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; STROKE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 0141781178     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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