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URINARY CONTINENCE [6 records]

Record 1 2018-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Urinary Tract
  • Bowels
OBS

Mission statement : The International Continence Society is a registered charity with a global health focus which strives to improve the quality of life for people affected by urinary, bowel and pelvic floor disorders by advancing basic and clinical science through education, research, and advocacy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Intestins

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
  • Nervous System
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

[Enuresis that] develops after a period of established urinary continence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Système nerveux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

[Énurésie qui] apparaît après une période de continence urinaire acquise.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
  • Nervous System
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

[Enuresis] in which the individual has never established urinary continence...

OBS

By definition, primary enuresis begins at age 5 years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Système nerveux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

[Énurésie dans laquelle] le sujet n'a jamais acquis la continence urinaire [...]

OBS

Par définition, l'énurésie primaire commence à l'âge de 5 ans.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Paramedical Staff
OBS

CNCA is a Pan-Canadian association whose mandate is to facilitate the growth and development of the nursing speciality of Nurse Continence Advisor(NCA) through formal competency-based education, research, and clinical practice(CNCA Standards 2008). The activities of CNCA are designed to support and enhance CNCA members’ professional growth and development related to urinary and fecal incontinence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Personnel para-médical

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bowels
OBS

Voluntary ability to control the sphincter muscles as required for urinary and fecal continence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intestins
CONT

Le contrôle sphinctérien fonctionne normalement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1987-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
DEF

... a device that consists of a pair of electrodes on a plug or pessary that are connected by an electrical cable to a battery-powered pulse source. The plug or pessary is inserted into the rectum or into the vagina and used to stimulate the muscles of the pelvic floor to maintain urinary or fecal continence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
OBS

Proposition faite d'après les techniques du "réveil électrique", page 6, fascicule 18207E10 intitulé "Énurésie", dans EMREI, vol. 3, 1984.

Spanish

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