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Nocturia

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Nocturia is defined as waking during the night at least once to urinate. It has additionally been suggested that a nocturia-related void is preceded and followed by sleep [1]. Whether sleep must follow a nocturia-related void is not entirely clear. Thus, for example, if someone arises an hour earlier than planned with the urge to void but could not return to sleep, nocturia seems evident but would not be considered as such if one rigidly adheres to the notion that a nocturia-related void must be followed by sleep. In the same sense, nocturnal voiding with failure to return to sleep leading to a second void which is then followed by sleep may cause confusion in designation of nocturia severity. Voiding during hours of sleep resulting from awakening for reasons other than the urge to void is not considered nocturia, although from a practical standpoint it is difficult to keep track of “convenience voids” at night as opposed to true nocturia-related voids. Thus, most studies of nocturia in the literature from a practical standpoint include voiding for all reasons during sleep hours.

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Weiss, J.P. (2012). Introduction. In: Weiss, MD, FACS, J., Blaivas, MD, J., Van Kerrebroeck, MD, PhD, MMSc, P., Wein, MD, FACS, PhD(hon), A. (eds) Nocturia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1156-7_1

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