Nocturia is a condition that health providers must seek out and address in older adults. Since it adversely affects quality of life and carries a risk of morbidity and of death (often because of falling), this symptom must be elicited during the physician-patient encounter. Understanding its underlying causes, risk factors, and consequences is essential in formulating the most suitable manageme...

CONTEXT The treatment of nocturia is a key challenge due to the multi-factorial pathophysiology of the symptom and the disparate outcome measures used in research. OBJECTIVE To assess and compare available therapy options for nocturia, in terms of symptom severity and quality of life. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION Medical databases (Embase, Medline, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, Cochrane Central) wer...

La patología de piso pélvico es una entidad multifactorial con un conjuntos síntomas ginecológicos, urinarios, fecales y sensibilidad pelviperineal. Teoría Integral la Continencia propone tratamiento holístico reconstrucción los ligamentos del pélvico.La presente técnica propuesta constituye alternativa quirúrgica que permite dar respuesta forma global a refieren las pacientes. Método: Reconstr...

Over the past 3 years a sub-committee of the Standardization Committee of the ICS has discussed a range of issues related to nocturia. These discussions resulted in the report which was published elsewhere [1], and is reproduced in this supplement (page 11–15). The report provides definitions and recommendations that aim to improve the diagnosis and treatment of nocturia; this paper is a brief ...