A critical review of diagnostic criteria for evaluating patients with symptomatic stress urinary incontinence

BJU International

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-334

  Chapple, Christopher R ^a   Wein, Alan J ^b   Artibani, Walter ^c   Brubaker, Linda ^d   Haab, Francois ^e   Heesakkers, John P ^f   Lightner, Deborah ^g  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Female; Stress; Test; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TAMSULOSIN;

ANAMNESIS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYSTOMETRY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PELVIS FLOOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL URINE; REVIEW; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; URINARY URGENCY; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 14144252990     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05293.x     Document Type: Review

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