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Overactive bladder is a symptom complex that includes urinary urgency with or without urge incontinence, urinary frequency (voiding eight or more times in a 24-hour period), and nocturia (awakening two or more times at night to void).^1,2,3 The International Continence Society classifies overactive bladder as a syndrome for which no precise cause has been identified, with local abnormalities ruled out by diagnostic evaluation.^4,5 This review extends beyond the International Continence Society's current definition of overactive bladder, since a broader approach to this syndrome is essential for optimal management.^6,7

Because overactive bladder is a recently defined syndrome, its prevalence and natural . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Pathophysiology

Diagnostic Evaluation

Therapy

Nonpharmacologic Interventions

Drug Therapy

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From the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Wesley Woods Center, Center for Health in Aging, Emory University, and the Birmingham/Atlanta Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center — both in Atlanta.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Ouslander at the Wesley Woods Center of Emory University, 1841 Clifton Rd., NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, or at jouslan@emory.edu.

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