12.7.5: Urinary incontinence Flashcards

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Micturition

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filling the bladder + emptying

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What should be you first steps in an animal presenting with urinary incontinence?

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  • Neuro exam
  • Urinalysis
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How can we subdivide incontinence to create an appropriate list of differentials?

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  • Neurogenic
  • Non-neurogenic
  • (Urinary retention -> overflow): can further split into neurogenic and non-neurogenic. Sometimes seen as not true incontinence.
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Differential diagnoses for neurogenic incontinence

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  • Sacral fracture
  • Pelvic nerve or pelvic plexus trauma
  • Lumbosacral disease (IVDD, lumbosacral stenosis, neoplasia)
  • Sacral malformation
  • FeLV - associated incontinence
  • Generalised peripheral lower motor neurone disease
  • Dysautonomia
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Differential diagnoses for non-neurogenic incontinence

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  • Urethral sphincter mechanism incompetence (USMI)
  • Urethral hypoplasia
  • Lower urinary tract inflammation (bacterial cystitis, sterile cystitis, urolithiasis)
  • Detrusor instability
  • Ectopic ureter
  • Partial outflow obstruction (uroliths, neoplasia, polyps)
  • Patent urachus
  • Vestibulovaginal stenosis/septum
  • Primary detrusor atony with outflow
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Which nervous system dominates during filling of the bladder?

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Which nervous system dominates during emptying of the bladder?

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Potential causes of neurogenic incontinence

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Potential causes of non-neurogenic incontinence

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1 and 2

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5 and 6

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21
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What is an automatic bladder and how does it develop?

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Automatic bladder: may develop over time when initial shock from injury has passed. This is when sympathetic and parasympathetic pathways enable the bladder emptying reflex when the threshold is reached; this is not under voluntary control.

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True/false: when managed the neurological patient, you should wait and try to avoid putting a urinary catheter in for as long as possible.

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False.
* Bladder care is an important part of managing neuro patients
* Catheterisation post-surgery is common in most cases
* Animals with incontinence get sore very quickly; there can be scald in the vestibule and prepuce and then issues with overgrooming
* UTI is a risk but on the whole putting a catheter in is preferable. Regular (4x daily) expression will help prevent overflow/ over-distension and UTI

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Which bladder is it fine for owners to express at home?
a) LMN bladder
b) UMN bladder

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a) LMN bladder (flaccid)
Should not empty UMN bladder.

24
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Common presentation of USMI

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May present with peri-vulvar dermatitis (why would they only have a skin issue here? Suggests urinary)

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Aetiology of USMI

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If you have a puppy presenting with USMI, what might you investigate, and if this is not the cause, what could you do?

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  • Puppy with USMI -> check for ectopic ureters
  • Could consider leaving for a couple of seasons, may settle down
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Overall plan for USMI patients

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  • Check healthy, no neuro problems
  • Check for UTI (urinalysis and microscopy)
  • Try medications aimed at improving urethral resistance (PPA is first line)
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Medical management of USMI
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Medical management of USMI
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30
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Which is more common: medical or surgical management of USMI?

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Medical treatment is more common

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Surgical management of USMI

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32
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Congenital non-neurogenic causes of incontinence

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  • Intersex patients (rare) - different anatomy
  • Ectopic ureters
  • Destrusor instability (=urge incontinence; overactive bladder presenting as pollakiruia)
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Presentation, cause and treatment of ectopic ureters

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  • If bilateral ectopic ureters, signs will be very early in life as no control.
  • Ureter normally enters the bladder at the trigone - anywhere else is ectopic
34
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Presentation and pathogenesis of detrusor instability

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  • Often seen in young excited male dogs - hard to differentiate from behavioural causes
  • Overactive bladder presenting at pollakiruria
  • Most animals have underlying cystitis, irritating the bladder lining and overstimulating the detrusor reflex
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Broad causes and management of urinary retention

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36
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Causes of neurogenic urinary retention

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Detrusor-urethral dyssergia: detrusor and urethra not coordinating.
Dysautonomia: very rare, may see ataxia, loss of proprioception as well.
Detrusor atony: usually secondary to over-stretching of bladder; if caught acutely, we can probably reverse them. This is why we put catheters in.

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Example cause and treatment of LMN bladder

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38
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Causes and treatment of UMN bladder

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39
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Idiopathic reflex dyssynergia (detrusor-urethral dyssynergia) : problems and treatment

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40
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Non-neurogenic urinary retention : possible causes

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41
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Broad treatment approaches to urinary disorders

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