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Descriptor English: Urinary Incontinence
Descriptor Spanish: Incontinencia Urinaria
Descriptor incontinencia urinaria
Scope note: Incapacidad para controlar la emisión de ORINA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Incontinência Urinária
Descriptor French: Incontinence urinaire
Entry term(s): Incontinence, Urinary
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.968.934.814
C12.200.777.934.852
C12.950.934.814
C23.888.942.343.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014549
Scope note: Involuntary loss of URINE, such as leaking of urine. It is a symptom of various underlying pathological processes. Major types of incontinence include URINARY URGE INCONTINENCE and URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Related: Incontinence Pads MeSH
Urinary Sphincter, Artificial MeSH
DeCS ID: 14949
Unique ID: D014549
NLM Classification: WJ 146
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Urinary Incontinence - Preferred
Concept UI M0022370
Scope note Involuntary loss of URINE, such as leaking of urine. It is a symptom of various underlying pathological processes. Major types of incontinence include URINARY URGE INCONTINENCE and URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE.
Preferred term Urinary Incontinence
Entry term(s) Incontinence, Urinary



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