OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To investigate the relationship between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and nocturnal enuresis (NE) in children and to prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of adenotonsillectomy on resolving enuresis in indicated SDB patients with NE. METHODS We prospectively collected data from 183 children (121 males, mean age 8.17 ± 2.84 years) who underwent adenotonsillectomy to...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether nocturnal enuresis (NE) can be caused by absorptive hypercalciuria. MATERIALS AND METHODS From 1981 to 1995, 406 patients with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis were studied. Up to 1989 (Group 1), urinary electrolytes and urinary creatinine were not evaluated, but since 1990 (Group 2) these tests have been performed routinely. ...

PURPOSE We evaluated and compared the effectiveness of an enuresis alarm, desmopressin medication, and their combination in the treatment of Saudi children with primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (PMNE). MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 136 children with PMNE were randomly assigned to receive an enuresis alarm alone (EA group, n=45), desmopressin alone (D group, n=46), or a combinatio...

Background : Nocturnal Enuresis is a common problem in children. It has significant psychological impacts on both children and families. enuresis refers to an inability hold urine during sleep at night. essential for school age Objectives: To identify whether history of breastfeeding positive relation with reduced rates bedwetting bed wetting characteristics that correlate or otherwise. Patient...

Problémy dětí s udržením moči v nočních hodinách v průběhu spánku jsou velmi častým problémem, který řeší ve svých ordinacích dětští lékaři, urologové, nefrologové i psychiatři. Historicky se setkáváme s řadou definic této poruchy, rovněž názvosloví je nepřehledné, pod pojmem enurézy se často ukrývaly jiné poruchy kontinence moče, někdy se dokonce termín enurézy používá k označení vrozené anato...

AIMS To verify the relationship between enuresis in childhood and the type of urinary incontinence in adults, considering the gender and age. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study the database used contained the records of patients who had with urinary complaints and underwent urodynamic studies in the period from 1999 to 2008. A multinomial logistic regression model was adjusted for the...

The transition from day to night is associated with a pronounced decline in diuresis with reductions in the amount of excreted water, electrolytes, and other end products of our metabolism. Failure to do so leads to a large urine output at night, a condition known as nocturnal polyuria, encountered in a large proportion of children with nocturnal enuresis. The aim of this study was to clarify t...