title: [Diagnosing urinary incontinence in the elderly woman].
abstract: The diagnostic work-up of the elderly incontinent woman should always be done on an individual basis. Temporary episodes of incontinence caused by the use of certain drugs or by difficulty in getting to a toilet can be identified by a stepwise diagnostic approach and easily dealt with, for example, by replacing the drug by another, or effecting changes in the environment that improve the patient's access to a toilet. A mandatory aspect of the systematic diagnostic work-up is an attempt to achieve a positive effect through the use, for example, of anticholinergics or local hormone replacement therapy, so as to spare the patient stressful examinations.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik und Poliklinik der LMU München, Klinikum Grosshadern. Isabel.Schorsch@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schorsch
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011141:Polyuria / Q000175:diagnosis; D017698:Postmenopause; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014550:Urinary Incontinence, Stress / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014563:Urodynamics; D014567:Urography