Beyond the bladder: Management of urinary incontinence in older women

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 720-734

  DuBeau, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related changes; Aged; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GABAPENTIN; HALOPERIDOL; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREGABALIN; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LUNG DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROSYPHILIS; NOCTURIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS FLOOR; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; TUBERCULOSIS; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURIA; RISK FACTORS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 34548388895     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3180d0a4e7     Document Type: Review

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