title: Enuresis nocturna can be provoked in normal healthy children by increasing the nocturnal urine output.
abstract: In a large proportion of enuretics, the enuresis episodes are accompanied by high urine output at night. At this study we provoked a high urine output in normal non-enuretic children in order to investigate whether volume provocation per se could cause enuresis. In six of ten children it was possible to provoke nine enuresis-like episodes. The enuresis volumes were small with no relation to functional bladder capacity. It is concluded, that increased urine output at night may produce enuresis-like episodes even in normal children.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Clinical Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirk
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borup
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Nørgaard
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Djurhuus
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004032:Diet; D004232:Diuretics / Q000494:pharmacology; D004775:Enuresis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013995:Time; D014556:Urine
chemical_list: D004232:Diuretics