Urinary Incontinence

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Clinically Relevant Anatomy

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Mechanism of Injury / Pathological Process

Definitions: 

• Urinary incontinence (symptom):  Complaint of involuntary loss of urine.
• Stress (urinary) incontinence:  Complaint of involuntary loss of urine on effort or physical exertion (e.g. sporting activities), or on sneezing or coughing.
• Urgency (urinary) incontinence:  Complaint of involuntary loss of urine associated with urgency.
• Mixed (urinary) incontinence:  Complaint of involuntary loss of urine associated with urgency and also effort or physical exertion or on sneezing or coughing.
• Urgency:  Complaint of a sudden, compelling desire to pass urine which is difficult to defer.
• Overactive bladder (OAB, Urgency) syndrome:  Urinary urgency, usually accompanied by frequency and nocturia, with or without urgency urinary incontinence, in the absence of urinary tract infection or other obvious pathology.

Clinical Presentation

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Differential Diagnosis

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Key Evidence

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