Urinary urgency - translating the evidence base into daily clinical practice.
OBJECTIVE
To consider the currently available knowledge and understanding of the symptom of urgency.


METHODS
Each faculty member reviewed the literature base of a different aspect of urgency and along with their personal clinical experience provided a base of evidence for discussion.


RESULTS
This overview summarises relevant published literature and the current clinical experience of the authors.


CONCLUSIONS
Whilst the mechanisms producing the sensation of urgency are still not fully understood and we are working within a definition that may complicate measurement and treatment, our pressing need is to effectively manage our patients for whom the practical nature of urgency can be all too apparent.


CONCLUSIONS
Health care professionals have an important role to play today in helping to alleviate the widespread problem of urgency and its consequences.
Cardozo
L
L
King's College Hospital, London, UK. lcardozo@compuserve.com
Chapple
C R
CR
Dmochowski
R
R
Fitzgerald
M P
MP
Hanno
P
P
Michel
M C
MC
Staskin
D
D
Van Kerrebroeck
P
P
Wyndaele
J-J
JJ
Yamaguchi
O
O
Yoshida
M
M
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