Nocturia Causes, Consequences and Clinical Approaches
Nocturia: Causes, Consequences and Clinical Approaches is the first volume exclusively on the topic of nocturia and is designed to be a comprehensive treatise on the subject. The volume is organized into 11 chapters first introducing and defining nocturia
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Jeffrey P. Weiss Jerry G. Blaivas Philip E.V. Van Kerrebroeck Alan J. Wein ●
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Editors
Nocturia Causes, Consequences and Clinical Approaches
Editors Jeffrey P. Weiss, MD, FACS Department of Urology SUNY Downstate College of Medicine VA New York Harbor Healthcare System Brooklyn, NY, USA [email protected] Philip E.V. Van Kerrebroeck, MD, PhD, MMSc Department of Urology University Hospital Maastricht Maastricht, The Netherlands [email protected]
Jerry G. Blaivas, MD Department of Urology Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY, USA SUNY Downstate College of Medicine Brooklyn, NY, USA [email protected] Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD (hon) Department of Urology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4614-1155-0 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-1156-7 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1156-7 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011939061 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedications to Nocturia: Causes, Consequences and Clinical Approaches This book is dedicated to our families, patients, and residents who have inspired us to practice and teach medicine while advancing its knowledge. We would also like to dedicate this textbook to Dr. Jens Peter Norgaard, who, with utmost academic integrity for the past two decades, has championed a most fruitful collaboration between academia and industry in advancement of the study of Nocturia.
Preface
Nocturia has been variously described as a symptom, a condition, a symptom complex, and a syndrome. A case can be made for any of these descriptions. By the simplest of criteria, nocturia is a symptom, defined below. However, a thorough understanding of the many medical and surgical conditions that may contribute to the genesis of nocturia in individual patients leads to the conclusion that diagnosis and treatment of this symptom are
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