Pad count is a poor measure of the severity of urinary incontinence

Journal of Urology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1787-1790

  Tsui, Johnson F ^a,c   Shah, Milan B ^a,c   Weinberger, James M ^c   Ghanaat, Mazyar ^a,c   Weiss, Jeffrey P ^a,c   Purohit, Rajveer S ^b   Blaivask, Jerry G ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Institute for Bladder and Prostate Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Male; Urinary bladder; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SANITARY PAD; URINE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT;

EID: 84888641160     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2013.05.055     Document Type: Article

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