preventing kidney injury in children with neurogenic bladder dysfunction

Preventing Kidney Injury in Children with Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction

The most common cause of neurogenic bladder dysfunction (NBD) in newborn infants is myelomeningocele. The pathophysiology almost always involves the bladder detrusor sphincter dyssynergy (DSD), which if untreated can cause severe and irreversible damage to the upper and lower urinary tracts. Early diagnosis and adequate management of NBD is critical to prevent both renal damage and bladder dysf...

Sacral Agenesis with Isolated Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Urol Nephrol Open Access J 2015, 2(2): 00032 but usually it is associated with other abnormalities, such as anorectal malformation and mal development of the bones or joints of the lower limb [3]. Voiding dysfunction and recurrent urinary tract infection are common urological presentation [2]. However, kidney damage could occur if diagnosis is delay...

Neurogenic Bladder Part 2 of Bladder Dysfunction

Neurogenic bladder , explanations follow in the text . i. Urge Incontinence manifesting as urgency and the urinary leakage even before individual reaches the toilet. ii. Over flow incontinence manifesting as involuntary release of urine from an overfull urinary bladder, often in the absence of any urge to urinate. iii. Dribbling incontinence , the patient is never dry a continuous leakage of ur...

botulinum toxin-a injections in children with neurogenic bladder

Bethanechol chloride in neurogenic bladder dysfunction.

Representative case summaries of patients with different types of neurogenic bladder diagnosed by combined cystometric-perineal electromyography and treated with bethanechol (Urecholine) are presented. Determination of the activity of the periurethral striated muscle in relation to bladder dysfunction is extremely important in the selection of patients for bethanechol therapy. In the absence of...

The Severity of Bowel Dysfunction in Patients with Neurogenic Bladder.

PURPOSE Patients with neurological conditions often experience severe debilitating lower urinary and bowel dysfunction in addition to the physical disabilities. However, only the bladder has received the attention of medical providers with neurogenic bowel being poorly understood and characterized. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective institutional neuroge...