Urinary incontinence and the community-dwelling elder: a practical approach to diagnosis and management for the primary care geriatrician.
Although there have been dramatic improvements in the management of incontinence since the 1940s, this area remains a major challenge to the geriatrician. Patients need to be asked regularly if they are incontinent and, after the diagnosis is made, should be given a rational treatment plan. Urodynamics should not be performed until mainstream treatments have failed.
Morley
John E
JE
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. morley@slu.edu
D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*