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Fecal Incontinence - Pathogenesis and Complications
Continence mechanisms are impaired
 • Local neuronal damage
 • External and
Fecal Incontinence ... Complications Continence ... sphincter impairment Continence ... #Fecal #stool #Incontinence ... #geriatrics #pathophysiology
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Causes of Urinary Incontinence ... impaction - Stress Incontinence ... women - Urge Incontinence ... water - Overflow Incontinence ... DIAPPERS #Mnemonic #Geriatrics
Elder Abuse
Caregiver 
• Substance abuse 
• Mental illness 
• Financial dependence on elder 
• Unemployed 
•
Advanced age • Incontinence ... #Elder #Abuse #Geriatrics
Hidden anticholinergics in elderly patients: What, where and how?

Antihistamines - 1st generation: chlorpheniramine, hydroxyzine, diphenhydramine
Antidepressants
Antimuscarinics - Urinary incontinence ... pharmacology #elderly #geriatrics
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
primitive reflexes, incontinence ... pathophysiology #geriatrics
To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
Sub-stage 6d: Urinary incontinence ... Sub-stage 6e: Fecal incontinence ... Hospice #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Types of Urinary Diversion Procedures
Ileal Conduit:
 • Technically simpler, fewer complications, and well understood. No bladder
No nocturnal, incontinence ... hernias), Urinary incontinence ... near-normal urinary continence ... No nocturnal incontinence ... Nocturnal incontinence
Types of Urinary Incontinence:
Stress Incontinence
Urge Incontinence (Overactive Bladder Syndrome)
Overflow Incontinence
Reflex Incontinence
Mixed Incontinence

#Diagnosis #Urinary #Incontinence #Types #Comparison
Types of Urinary Incontinence ... : Stress Incontinence ... Urge Incontinence ... Reflex Incontinence ... Mixed Incontinence
5 Dementia hospice eligibility • Stage 7 or beyond according to the FAST scale • Unable
Urinary or fecal incontinence ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
Types of Urinary Incontinence ... - Stress Incontinence ... - Urge Incontinence ... - Overflow Incontinence ... #Urinary #Incontinence