title: Addressing challenges in underactive bladder: recommendations and insights from the Congress on Underactive Bladder (CURE-UAB).
abstract: Underactive bladder (UAB) is an expanding troublesome health issue, exerting a major influence on the health and independence of older people with a disproportionally low level of attention received. The 2nd International Congress on Underactive Bladder (CURE-UAB 2) convened in Denver, CO on December 3 and 4, 2015, and comprised of top clinicians, scientists, and other stakeholders to address the challenges in UAB. A series of workshops aimed to define UAB and its phenotype, define detrusor underactivity (DU) and create a subtyping of DU, evaluate existing animal models for DU, and lastly to establish research priorities for UAB.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Experimental Urology, Organ Systems Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dewulf
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Nitya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Beaumont Health System, 3811 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Laura E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: Tomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Griebling
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Pradeep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Beaumont Health System, 3811 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Veerecke
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Beaumont Health System, 3811 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Bartolone
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Beaumont Health System, 3811 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Bernadette M M
authors.initials: BMM
authors.lastname: Zwaans
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Experimental Urology, Organ Systems Department of Development and Regeneration, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Ridder
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Beaumont Health System, 3811 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
authors.forename: Ananias
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diokno
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Beaumont Health System, 3811 West 13 Mile Road, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA. Michael.Chancellor@Beaumont.Org.
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Chancellor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D059411:Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States; D001750:Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D053201:Urinary Bladder, Overactive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014563:Urodynamics
keywords: Aging; Animal; Bladder; CURE-UAB; Detrusor underactivity; Models; Underactive bladder