Desmopressin for bedwetting.

Randomized comparison of long-term desmopressin and alarm treatment for bedwetting.

OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of long-term primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) treatment using desmopressin versus enuresis alarm. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 6-month randomized trial was performed with patients from 29 enuresis clinics: 251 patients ≥ 5 years in age with severe PNE (mean 5.5-5.6 wet nights/week) were randomized to desmopressin (0.2-0.4 mg daily) or alarm. Efficacy was assessed ...

The Bedwetting Problem

The recent evacuation of children has led to a very appreciable increase of bedwetting amongst those young people who have left their homes for more or less distant stations throughout the country: young people, because the increase has occurred in all age groups from early childhood to adolescence. For this reason it is timely to review the problem, its causes and the methods of cure. The prob...

Bedwetting and behavioural and/or emotional problems.

OBJECTIVE To assess the link between enuresis nocturna and the severity of behavioural and/or emotional problems in Dutch children and the course of these problems. SETTING West-Mine Region in the Netherlands. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Prospective cohort study involving 66 of the 80 bedwetting children from all 1652 children born in 1983 in this region. After 1 y, contact was still possible with...

Bedwetting and Nailbiting in Military Recruits.

Desmopressin for the treatment of adult nocturia

10.2217/14750708.5.5.667 © 2 Nocturia is a bothersome and prevalent condition. It affects men and women equally, with an increasing incidence with age. It has multifactorial etiology and therefore treatment is based on an accurate history and examination with an assessment that should include frequency/volume charts and quality-of-life questionnaires. Treatment is primarily aimed at the etiolog...