Diagnosaurus
Urinary incontinence
Etiology
Transient incontinence: DIAPPERS
- Delirium
- Infection
- Atrophic vaginitis or urethritis
- Pharmacology, eg, anticholinergics, diuretics, hypnotics
- Psychiatric disorders, eg, psychosis, depression
- Excess urine, eg, edema, hyperglycemia, hypercalcemia
- Restricted mobility
- Stool impaction
- Detrusor overactivity (urge incontinence or "overactive" bladder)
- Urethral incompetence (stress incontinence, eg, multiparity, pelvic surgery)
- Urethral obstruction (eg, benign prostatic hyperplasia; can also present as urge or overflow)
- Detrusor underactivity (overflow incontinence, eg, neurogenic bladder, anticholinergics)
- Mixed incontinence (urge and stress)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Urinary Incontinence." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/all/Urinary_incontinence.
Zeiger RFR. Urinary incontinence. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/all/Urinary_incontinence. Accessed May 16, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Urinary incontinence. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/all/Urinary_incontinence
Zeiger RFR. Urinary Incontinence [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 16]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114988/all/Urinary_incontinence.
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