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1360765

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
Treatment of acute urinary incontinence should be directed toward the underlying cause, such as infection, medication side effect, atrophic vaginitis, anxiety, depression and restricted mobility. Pharmacologic treatment depends on identification of one of the four subtypes of chronic urinary incontinence: stress, urge, overflow or mixed. Stress incontinence responds to alpha-adrenergic agents, which increase sphincter tone. Urge incontinence is the most common type of incontinence in the elderly; it can be treated with anticholinergic agents, smooth muscle relaxants, estrogen replacement therapy in women and, possibly, calcium antagonists. Overflow incontinence is caused by neurologic deficits, such as diabetes, or outflow obstruction, such as from prostatic enlargement, urethral stricture and tumors. Anticholinergic agents and alpha-adrenergic agents should be considered only after existing outflow obstruction is surgically corrected or intermittent catheterization is unsuccessful.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0002-838X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1763-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Urinary incontinence in the elderly: pharmacologic therapies.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review