title: Management of daytime urinary incontinence and lower urinary tract symptoms in children.
abstract: Lower urinary tract symptoms, particularly urgency, frequency and incontinence are common in school-aged children but are often overlooked. They may cause considerable physical, social and psychological difficulties to children and their families, and usually are manifestations of underlying non-neurogenic voiding disorders. The differential diagnoses include overactive bladder syndrome, dysfunctional voiding and vaginal reflux as well as less common conditions like giggle incontinence, voiding postponement, pollakiuria and diabetes insipidus. In this paper, we discuss an evidence-based approach to the management of conditions causing daytime urinary incontinence and lower urinary tract symptoms in children from a general paediatrician's perspective.
authors: Department of Urology, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. sushrudh@hotmail.com
authors: Aniruddh V
authors: AV
authors: Deshpande
authors: Jonathan C
authors: JC
authors: Craig
authors: Grahame H H
authors: GH
authors: Smith
authors: Patrina H Y
authors: PH
authors: Caldwell
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D053207:Diurnal Enuresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology*; D014563:Urodynamics