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Review
. 2017 Sep;18(9):67.
doi: 10.1007/s11934-017-0720-9.

Frailty and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Anne M Suskind  1
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Review

Frailty and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Anne M Suskind. Curr Urol Rep. 2017 Sep.

Abstract

The incidence of both frailty and lower urinary tract symptoms, including urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, underactive bladder, and benign prostatic hyperplasia, increases with age. However, our understanding of the relationship between frailty and lower urinary tract symptoms, both in terms of pathophysiology and in terms of the evaluation and management of such symptoms, is greatly lacking. This brief review will summarize definitions and measurement tools associated with frailty and will also review the existing state of the literature on frailty and lower urinary tract symptoms in older individuals.

Keywords: Frailty; Lower urinary tract symptoms; Overactive bladder; Underactive bladder; Urinary incontinence.

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