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Voiding Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence

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Geriatric Medicine

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Urinary incontinence affects 15% to 30% of community-dwelling elderly persons,1,2 one third of older individuals in acute care settings,3,4 and roughly half of institutionalized elderly patients.5 Its burden is substantial and must be measured in medical, psychosocial, and economic terms.6 Medically, individuals are predisposed to perineal rashes, pressure sores, urinary tract infections, urosepsis, falls, and fractures. Another unappreciated complication is recurrent lower-limb cellulitis. This occurs when incontinent individuals’ shoes are chronically soaked by urine, become hardened, and abrade the feet; it is especially apt to occur in individuals with impaired peripheral sensation.

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  1. Section of General Internal Medicine, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Christine K. Cassel M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

  2. Journal of the American Medical Association, 60610, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  3. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Donald E. Riesenberg M.D. (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine) (Senior Editor, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine)

  4. Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Leif B. Sorensen M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Chief) (Associate Chief)

  5. Geriatric Medicine, Portland V.A. Medical Center, 97207, Portland, Oregon, USA

    John R. Walsh M.D. (Chief) (Chief)

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Resnick, N.M. (1990). Voiding Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence. In: Cassel, C.K., Riesenberg, D.E., Sorensen, L.B., Walsh, J.R. (eds) Geriatric Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2093-8_38

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