title: Systematic treatment for nocturnal urinary frequency following a sleep-micturition chart.
abstract: Seven patients complaining of nocturnal urinary frequency were treated following a sleep-micturition chart. By clinical analysis of the data, the causes of nocturnal urinary frequency were divided into three diagnostic categories: a small bladder capacity group, a sleep disorder group and a large nocturnal urinary volume group. The three groups were treated by anticholinergic agents, sleeping pills and restriction of water intake at night respectively. With the administration of anti-cholinergic agents or sleeping pills nocturnal bladder capacity increased. By restriction of water intake at night nocturnal urinary volume decreased. In all patients nocturnal urinary frequency decreased and sleep efficiency was improved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Imada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001561:Benzilates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D008333:Mandelic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008499:Medical Records; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D014563:Urodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D014868:Water Deprivation
chemical_list: D001561:Benzilates; D018680:Cholinergic Antagonists; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D008333:Mandelic Acids; C015586:propiverine; C005419:oxybutynin