Efficacious and Practical Treatment for Nocturnal Enuresis in a Heterogeneous Population † 685

Acupuncture as a treatment for nocturnal enuresis.

Acupuncture can influence spinal micturition centers and parasympathetic innervation to the urinary tract and is known to modulate brain function via the descending serotonergic system. There are numerous difficulties in evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture in patients with nocturnal enuresis (NE), since the patient group is frequently heterogenous and the intervention is commonly given in as...

Nocturnal Enuresis Treatment: New Perspectives

Nocturnal enuresis (NE) is a very frequent problem, characterized by involuntary voiding during sleep in individuals aged five years or more, after exclusion of organic causes. This set of associated symptoms may lead to deterioration of bladder function, upper urinary tract and, in extreme cases, even renal failure. The prevalence of voiding dysfunctions is as high as 10% of the world's pediat...

Behavioral alarm treatment for nocturnal enuresis.

PURPOSES To investigate the efficacy of alarm treatment in a sample of Brazilian children and adolescents with nocturnal enuresis and relate treatment success to age and type of clinical support. MATERIALS AND METHODS During 32 weeks, 84 children and adolescents received alarm treatment together with weekly psychological support sessions for individual families or groups of 5 to 10 families. ...

Treatment of Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis: Sertraline for Non-Responders to Desmopressin

One of the challenges in the management of primary monosymptomatic enuresis (PME), especially in adolescents, is response failure to medical regimens such as desmopressin. This prospective study aimed at addressing the efficacy of sertraline in the treatment of 25 adolescents (13-18 year old) with PME having experienced failure to previous desmopressin therapy. Patients were recommended to take...

[Treatment of nocturnal enuresis in children].