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Descriptor English: Urinary Incontinence, Stress
Descriptor Spanish: Incontinencia Urinaria de Esfuerzo
Descriptor incontinencia urinaria de esfuerzo
Scope note: Emisión involuntaria de orina a causa de un desplazamiento anatómico que ejerce una fuerza que tiende a abrir el orificio vesical, como durante los esfuerzos o al toser. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Incontinência Urinária por Estresse
Descriptor French: Incontinence urinaire d'effort
Entry term(s): Incontinence, Urinary Stress
Stress Incontinence, Urinary
Urinary Stress Incontinence
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.968.934.814.500
C12.200.777.934.852.249
C12.950.934.814.500
C23.888.942.343.800.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014550
Scope note: Involuntary discharge of URINE as a result of physical activities that increase abdominal pressure on the URINARY BLADDER without detrusor contraction or overdistended bladder. The subtypes are classified by the degree of leakage, descent and opening of the bladder neck and URETHRA without bladder contraction, and sphincter deficiency.
Annotation: stress refers to coughing, sneezing & other forces
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
DeCS ID: 14950
Unique ID: D014550
NLM Classification: WJ 146
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Urinary Incontinence, Stress - Preferred
Concept UI M0022371
Scope note Involuntary discharge of URINE as a result of physical activities that increase abdominal pressure on the URINARY BLADDER without detrusor contraction or overdistended bladder. The subtypes are classified by the degree of leakage, descent and opening of the bladder neck and URETHRA without bladder contraction, and sphincter deficiency.
Preferred term Urinary Incontinence, Stress
Entry term(s) Incontinence, Urinary Stress
Stress Incontinence, Urinary
Urinary Stress Incontinence



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