Daytime Wetting in Childhood

Daytime wetting in childhood.

Investigation of daytime wetting: when is spinal cord imaging indicated?

BACKGROUND Most children with daytime wetting have detrusor instability. A minority have neuropathic vesicourethral dysfunction. The commonest cause is spina bifida, which may be closed. Clinical features suggestive of closed spina bifida include cutaneous, neuro-orthopaedic or lumbosacral spine x ray abnormalities, impaired bladder sensation, and incomplete bladder emptying. MRI is the ideal m...

Spotlight on daytime napping during early childhood

Daytime napping undergoes a remarkable change in early childhood, and research regarding its relationship to cognitive development has recently accelerated. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of this relationship focusing on children aged <5 years. First, we evaluate different studies on the basis of the experimental design used and the specific cognitive processes they inve...

Frequent daytime naps predict vocabulary growth in early childhood

BACKGROUND The facilitating role of sleep for language learning is well-attested in adults and to a lesser extent in infants and toddlers. However, the longitudinal relationship between sleep patterns and early vocabulary development is not well understood. METHODS This study investigates how measures of sleep are related to the development of vocabulary size in infants and toddlers. Day and ...

Objective patterning of uroflowmetry curves in children with daytime and nighttime wetting.

PURPOSE Pediatric uroflowmetry curve interpretation is incompletely standardized. Thus, we propose new, objective patterning. MATERIALS AND METHODS Uroflowmetry curves were obtained in 100 children presenting with daytime incontinence or enuresis. Each curve was compared with a standard curve generated from a published nomogram and a new patterning method was formulated. Staccato and interrup...