Clinical evaluation of the female lower urinary tract.
An accurate history has an important part in the clinical evaluation of women with symptoms referable to the lower urinary tract. Symptoms are suggestive of four broad categories: problems of incontinence, problems of bladder irritability, structural problems, and psychogenic problems. Specific conditions within each category are discussed in detail.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders; D012008:Recurrence; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D014563:Urodynamics; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014719:Vesicovaginal Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis