Urinary Incontinence & OAB Resource Center Clinical Briefs

• New Guidelines Issued on Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs July 01, 2014
  In these first-time guidelines on stress urinary incontinence, women should be counseled about conservative options and be evaluated with at least 6 steps before primary midurethral sling surgery.
  
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• Combination Therapy Helps Refractory Nocturia in BPH
  Reuters Health Information CME February 25, 2013
  In a new study of patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy, add-on treatment with a vasopressin analogue helped to relieve symptoms of nocturia.
  
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• Drug Treatment of Urgency Urinary Incontinence
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs October 17, 2012
  Oral anticholinergic therapy and botulinum toxin injection led to similar improvements in episodes of daily urinary incontinence in women.
  
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• Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Incontinence During Pregnancy
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs October 16, 2012
  Pregnant women who undertake pelvic floor muscle training as part of a general exercise program report decreased urinary incontinence compared with a control group.
  
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• Systematic Review Targets Medications for Urinary Incontinence
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs April 19, 2012
  A new systematic review suggests that women with urinary incontinence who take medication for this condition should consider the adverse effects of the drug.
  
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• Moderate Nocturia May Signal Increased Risk for Heart Disease and Death in Men
  Reuters Health Information CME January 20, 2012
  Men younger than 60 years who get up at least twice during the night to urinate may be at increased risk of developing coronary heart disease.
  
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• Smoking Linked With Increased Bladder Symptoms in Women
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs August 29, 2011
  Urinary urgency and frequency among women were about 3 times more common among current than never smokers.
  
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• Formal 1-to-1 Physical Therapy Ineffective to Treat Incontinence After Prostate Surgery
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs July 12, 2011
  Conservative one-to-one physical therapy for urinary incontinence following prostate surgery was no more effective than standard care with pelvic floor exercises.
  
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• Abuse of Anesthetic May Lead to Bladder Woes, Pelvic Pain
  Reuters Health Information CME July 07, 2011
  A new study finds that long-term regular use of ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, can alter bladder function, leading to bothersome symptoms such as urgency and pelvic pain.
  
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• Prediabetes May Protect Against Incontinence Symptoms
  Reuters Health Information CME June 03, 2011
  Early stages of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and accompanying hyperinsulinemia may have beneficial effects on lower urinary tract symptoms.
  
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• Postprostatectomy Incontinence Can Be Improved, Even a Year Later
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs January 13, 2011
  
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• Retropubic vs Transobturator Slings Equally Effective for Stress Incontinence
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs June 08, 2010
  At 12 months, objectively assessed success of treatment of stress incontinence was equivalent for the retropubic and transobturator approaches.
  
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• Higher Vitamin D Levels Linked to Lower Risk for Female Pelvic Floor Disorders
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs April 01, 2010
  In the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, higher vitamin D levels were associated with a decreased risk for pelvic floor disorders in women.
  
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• Diabetes Slows Return of Continence After Laparoscopic Prostatectomy
  Reuters Health Information CME February 12, 2010
  Patients with type 2 diabetes need longer to recover continence than nondiabetic patients after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, but diabetes did not affect overall return to continence.
  
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• Guideline on Surgical Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence Updated
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs January 12, 2010
  The American Urological Association has released a guideline update on surgical management of stress urinary incontinence.
  
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• Minimally Invasive Synthetic Suburethral Sling Operations May Be Effective
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs October 15, 2009
  A systematic review suggests that these procedures are as effective for stress urinary incontinence as more invasive procedures but with fewer postoperative complications.
  
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• Oral Contraceptives Lower Risk of Urinary Incontinence Symptoms
  Reuters Health Information CME September 04, 2009
  Women of child-bearing age who use oral contraceptives face a lower risk for lower urinary tract dysfunction than women of similar ages who do not, say researchers from Sweden.
  
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• Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Elderly Men Increase Risk of Falls
  Reuters Health Information CME July 10, 2009
  A cohort study finds that community-dwelling, ambulatory men 65 years and older with moderate or severe lower urinary tract symptoms are at increased risk of falling.
  
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• Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated With Metabolic Syndrome
  Reuters Health Information CME June 26, 2009
  Results of a study suggest that even mild lower urinary tract symptoms are significantly associated with metabolic syndrome in men younger than 60 years.
  
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• Urinary Incontinence Prevalent in Obese Women With Type 2 Diabetes
  Medscape Education Clinical Briefs June 15, 2009
  A cross-sectional analysis shows that increasing obesity is the strongest modifiable risk factor for overall incontinence and stress incontinence in women with type 2 diabetes.
  
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