Author: James Cooper
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780789003270
Category : Older people
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Thirteen million Americans and at least half of the 1.5 million nursing home residents in the U.S. experience urinary incontinence (UI), yet many people go without treatment because they feel embarrassed or don't realize that UI is highly responsive to treatment. Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly discusses how to educate health care providers and the public about UI and how physicians, directors of nursing, and other health care providers can begin and maintain a comprehensive, science-based approach to diagnosing and treating UI. In no time at all, you will be able to implement effective treatment plans that are consistent with your patients'conditions, goals, and wishes. In addition to its practical techniques and steps for managing acute and chronic UI, Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly contains tables and charts that will help you diagnose the patient's condition, identify the causes for UI, and select appropriate treatment methods. The book also gives you a list of helpful questions to assist you in the identification and assessment of UI and sample bladder records so that you or your patient can keep track of voluntary and involuntary urine voidings. To further increase your understanding of UI and its management, this helpful guidebook discusses: teaching women about gestational and postpartum pelvic muscle exercises proper bladder-emptying techniques behavioral, pharmacologic, and surgical treatment of UI risk factors associated with UI, such as low fluid intake, high-impact physical activities, diabetes, and estrogen depletion stress incontinence how your body makes, stores, and releases urine ensuring proper care of long-term residents Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly will help consumers and caregivers treat and manage UI, but it will also enable them to work together to target and alleviate specific risk factors before UI even sets in. Don't let UI go untreated--with dedicated teamwork and this book's advice and suggestions, you can overcome it, or at least manage it, with surprising levels of success.
Author: United States. Urinary Incontinence Guideline Panel
Publisher:
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Category : Urinary incontinence
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Author: Israel Franco
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118814754
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Pediatric incontinence: evaluation and clinical management offers urologists practical, 'how-to' clinical guidance to what is a very common problem affecting up to 15% of children aged 6 years old. Introductory chapters cover the neurophysiology, psychological and genetic aspects, as well as the urodynamics of incontinence, before it moves on to its core focus, namely the evaluation and management of the problem. All types of management methods will be covered, including behavioural, psychological, medical and surgical, thus providing the reader with a solution to every patient's specific problem. The outstanding editor team led by Professor Israel Franco, one of the world’s leading gurus of pediatric urology, have recruited a truly stellar team of contributors each of whom have provided first-rate, high-quality contributions on their specific areas of expertise. Clear management algorithms for each form of treatment support the text, topics of controversy are covered openly, and the latest guidelines from the ICCS, AUA and EAU are included throughout. Perfect to refer to prior to seeing patients on the wards and in the clinics, this is the ideal guide to the topic and an essential purchase for all urologists, pediatric urologists and paediatricians managing children suffering from incontinence.
Author: United States. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
Publisher:
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Category : Decision trees
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Author: United States. Urinary Incontinence in Adults Guideline Update Panel
Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
ISBN: 9780160485077
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Category : Urinary incontinence
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Author: Edward B. Cantor
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Author: Ammar Alhasso
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9535129317
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 111
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The prevalence of urinary incontinence increases with age. It has recognised social and psychological impact on individuals as well as a financial implication to individuals and healthcare systems. The book attempt to discuss the assessment of urinary incontinence, followed by surgical and conservative treatment options in a concise way, within the framework of clinical practice. We would like to acknowledge all the authors for their hard work in completing this book.
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Author: Karen Patrias
Publisher:
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Category : Adulthood
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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