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Incontinence, Urinary Adult Female

Alyssa Anderson, MD and Jennifer Grana, DO Reviewed 06/2022
 


BASICS

DESCRIPTION

  • Stress incontinence: associated with increased intra-abdominal pressure, such as coughing, laughing, sneezing, or exertion

  • Urge incontinence: sudden uncontrollable loss of urine, prec...

DIAGNOSIS

HISTORY

  • Age: Stress incontinence is more common in women aged 19 to 64 years, whereas mixed incontinence is more common in women >65 years. Onset from childhood indicates congenital causes...

TREATMENT

GENERAL MEASURES

  • Treat correctable causes such as infection and/or constipation.

  • Begin with conservative options as first line.

  • Surgical options may be offered sooner for women with moderate to...

ONGOING CARE

FOLLOW-UP RECOMMENDATIONS

Patient Monitoring

Periodic long-term follow-up with outcome-based questionnaire surveys 

PATIENT EDUCATION

Instructions on self-care and warning signs are available...

REFERENCES

1
Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology and the American Urogynecologic Society. ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 155: urinary incontinence in women. Obstet Gynecol. ...

ADDITIONAL READING

Riemsma  R, Hagen  S, Kirschner-Hermanns  R, et al. Can incontinence be cured? A systematic review of cure rates. BMC Med.  2017;15(1):63. [View Abstract o...

CODES

ICD10

  • R32 Unspecified urinary incontinence

  • N39.3 Stress incontinence (female) (male)

  • N39.41 Urge incontinence

  • N39.46 Mixed incontinence

  • N39.45 Continuous leakage

  • N39.42 Incontinence without sensory aw...

CLINICAL PEARLS

  • Most urinary incontinence diagnoses can be made via history and exam in conjunction with urinary stress tests, PVR, and urinalysis. Urodynamics do not add value beyond this in uncompli...

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