Overactive bladder syndrome: management and treatment options

J Arnold, N McLeod, R Thani-Gasalam… - Australian family …, 2012 - search.informit.org
Background: Overactive bladder syndrome is a symptom-based clinical diagnosis. It is
characterised by urinary urgency, frequency and nocturia, with or without urge urinary …

Overactive bladder (OAB): What we thought we knew and what we know today

WD Steers - European Urology Supplements, 2002 - Elsevier
Overactive bladder (OAB) refers to the symptom complex of frequency, urgency and
nocturia, with or without incontinence. It is a highly prevalent condition, affecting an …

Defining overactive bladder: epidemiology and burden of disease

A Tubaro - Urology, 2004 - Elsevier
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common, disabling condition associated with considerable
negative impact on quality of life, quality of sleep, and mental health. The age-specific …

Do we need a new definition of the overactive bladder syndrome? ICI‐RS 2013

MJ Drake - Neurourology and urodynamics, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim and Methods Overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) has a symptom‐based definition.
Following a presentation of issues, the definition was subjected to expert discussion at the …

Pathophysiology of refractory overactive bladder

LC Chen, HC Kuo - LUTS: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common condition. The International Continence Society
defines OAB as a symptom complex characterized by urgency with or without urge …

Pathophysiology: the varieties of bladder overactivity

JL Mostwin - Urology, 2002 - Elsevier
Overactive bladder (OAB) is the most common term currently used in clinical medicine to
describe a complex of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) with or without incontinence. The …

[HTML][HTML] Underactive bladder: a review of the current treatment concepts

Ö Bayrak, RR Dmochowski - Turkish journal of urology, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract According to the International Continence Society standardization reports,
underactive bladder (UAB) is a decrease in detrusor contraction and/or shortening of the …

Dynamic progression of overactive bladder and urinary incontinence symptoms: a systematic review

DE Irwin, I Milsom, MB Chancellor, Z Kopp, Z Guan - European urology, 2010 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: Overactive bladder (OAB) and urinary incontinence (UI) are worldwide public
health problems. Longitudinal epidemiologic studies that assess the natural history of OAB …