12.7.5: Urinary incontinence Flashcards
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Micturition
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filling the bladder + emptying
2
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What should be you first steps in an animal presenting with urinary incontinence?
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- Neuro exam
- Urinalysis
3
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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.
4
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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
5
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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
6
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Which nervous system dominates during filling of the bladder?
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7
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Which nervous system dominates during emptying of the bladder?
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8
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1-4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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13
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1
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2
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3
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16
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Potential causes of neurogenic incontinence
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