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Urinary Bladder, Overactive
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Definition of 'Urinary Bladder, Overactive'Symptom of overactive detrusor muscle of the URINARY BLADDER that contracts with abnormally high frequency and urgency. Overactive bladder is characterized by the frequent feeling of needing to urinate during the day, during the night, or both. URINARY INCONTINENCE may or may not be present. Common names: Urinary Bladder, Overactive; Overactive Bladder; Overactive Urinary Bladder; Bladder, Overactive; Overactive Detrusor; Detrusor, Overactive; Overactive Detrusor Function; Detrusor Function, Overactive |
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Solifenacin for overactive bladder: patient-reported outcomes from a large placebo-controlled trial.
30 Aug 2009 
OBJECTIVE: Overactive bladder (OAB) is a prevalent, chronic condition that can negatively affect health-related quality of life (HRQL). Treatment goals are to improve symptoms and HRQL. We assessed the efficacy of solifenacin in OAB patients using ... Read more...
Double anticholinergic therapy for refractory overactive bladder.
18 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: Using 2 anticholinergic medications simultaneously (10 to 30 mg oxybutynin, 4 mg tolterodine and/or 5 to 10 mg solifenacin) we optimized the medical therapy for children in whom single agent anticholinergic therapy failed. We evaluated ... Read more...
24-hour rectal manometry for overactive bladder.
18 Aug 2009 PURPOSE: We describe prolonged rectal manometry used to characterize rectal motor activity patterns and possible rectum-bladder interaction during defecation and micturition in children with nonneuropathic overactive bladder. MATERIALS AND METHODS: ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Urinary Bladder, Overactive'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Successful treatment with hydrodistension in a boy with refractory overactive bladder with glomerulation.
29 Sep 2009 - Prostanoid receptor subtypes: new targets for OAB drugs? 14 Sep 2009
- Solifenacin for overactive bladder: patient-reported outcomes from a large placebo-controlled trial. 30 Aug 2009
- Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
- Double anticholinergic therapy for refractory overactive bladder. 18 Aug 2009
- Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
- Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
- Editorial comment. 18 Aug 2009
- 24-hour rectal manometry for overactive bladder. 18 Aug 2009
- Solifenacin for therapy resistant overactive bladder. 18 Aug 2009
- Efficacy and safety of transdermal and oral oxybutynin in children with neurogenic detrusor overactivity. 13 Aug 2009
- Botulinum toxin A for overactive bladder and detrusor muscle overactivity in patients with Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy. 13 Aug 2009
- Sacral nerve stimulation for refractory overactive bladder in the elderly population. 13 Aug 2009
- The second-line management of idiopathic overactive bladder: what is the place of sacral neuromodulation and botulinum toxin-A in contemporary practice? 11 Aug 2009
- Office based urology trials. 30 Jul 2009
- How to manage overactive bladder in elderly individuals with dementia? A combined use of donepezil, a central acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, and propiverine, a peripheral muscarine receptor antagonist. 30 Jul 2009
- Botulinum a toxin/dimethyl sulfoxide bladder instillations for women with refractory idiopathic detrusor overactivity: a phase 1/2 study. 30 Jul 2009
- Editorial comment. Effect of pelvic floor interferential electrostimulation on urodynamic parameters and incontinency of children with myelomeningocele and detrusor overactivity. 30 Jul 2009
- Editorial comment. Effect of pelvic floor interferential electrostimulation on urodynamic parameters and incontinency of children with myelomeningocele and detrusor overactivity. 30 Jul 2009
- Efficacy and safety of oxybutynin transdermal system in spinal cord injury patients with neurogenic detrusor overactivity and incontinence: an open-label, dose-titration study. 20 Jul 2009
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Technical information about 'Urinary Bladder, Overactive'
Definition: Symptom of overactive detrusor muscle of the URINARY BLADDER that contracts with abnormally high frequency and urgency. Overactive bladder is characterized by the frequent feeling of needing to urinate during the day, during the night, or both. URINARY INCONTINENCE may or may not be present.
Descriptor UI: D053201
Alternative terms: Urinary Bladder, Overactive; Overactive Bladder; Overactive Urinary Bladder; Bladder, Overactive; Overactive Detrusor; Detrusor, Overactive; Overactive Detrusor Function; Detrusor Function, Overactive;
Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;
Tree Number: C12.777.829.866; C13.351.968.829.813; C23.888.942.775;
History Note: 2007; for OVERACTIVE BLADDER use URINARY INCONTINENCE 2005-2006