title: [Urinary incontinence in females].
abstract: Urinary incontinence arises because of a disproportion between the bladder pressure and the urethral closure pressure. A programme of investigation is proposed. Emphasize is on a careful history taking supplemented with cystometry, colpocysto-urethrography, and urodynamic examination. The treatment is described depending on type and severity of incontinence.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Urininkontinens hos kvinder.