Summary of the practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with enuresis.
Enuresis is a symptom that is frequently encountered in child psychiatric evaluations. Careful assessment is required to identify specific urologic, developmental, psychosocial, and sleep-related etiologies. For most children with enuresis, however, a specific etiology cannot be determined. Treatment then involves supportive approaches, conditioning with a urine alarm, or medications-imipramine or desmopressin acetate. The psychosocial consequences of the symptom must be recognized and addressed with sensitivity during the evaluation and treatment of enuresis.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004775:Enuresis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic