An overview of nocturia and the syndrome of nocturnal polyuria in the elderly

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 426-435

  Kujubu, Dean A ^a,b   Aboseif, Sherif R ^a,c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Nocturia; Nocturnal polyuria

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DESMOPRESSIN; ESTROGEN; FINASTERIDE; IMIPRAMINE; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; MELATONIN; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYBUTYNIN; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE; SOLIFENACIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AGED; AGING; ANTICHOLINERGIC SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; DIZZINESS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; NAUSEA; NOCTURIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POLYURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; URINARY FREQUENCY;

AGED; AGING; ANTIDIURETIC AGENTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; DEPRESSION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NOCTURIA; POLYURIA; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP, REM; SYNDROME; URINARY BLADDER; URINATION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 47949130995     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0856     Document Type: Review

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