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Anuria
24 hour urine output is less than 50mL
Oliguria
Scantly or decreased amount of urine. Less than 400mL in 24 hours.
Blood Urea Nitrogen
BUN - The amount of nitrogen in the form if urea in the blood.
Diuretics
A drug that elevates urine output
Dysuria
Painful Urination
External Condom Cathater
Non evasive device that fits over a penis to collect urine.
Hematuria
The presence of red blood cells in urine
Illeal Conduit
urinary diversion in which the ureters are connected to the ileum with a stoma created on the abdominal wall
Kegel Exercises
Repititious contraction and relaxing of the pubococcygeal muscles to improve vaginal tone and urinary incontinence
Micturation
The act of Urinating
Polyuria
dieresis - Excessive urine output
Residual Urine
Urine left over in bladder after urination
Stress incontinence
When a person looses more than 50mL of urine due to increased abdominal pressure.
Urge Incontinence
Invoulentary incontinence afer a strong urge to void
Urinary Diversion
Surgical creating of an alternate route of excretion of urine
Urinary Retention
Inability to viod despite a full bladder and working kidneys
Mixed Incontinence
Symptoms of both stress and urge incontinence.
Overflow Incontinence
Invoulentary loss of urine due to over distention of bladder.
Functional Incontinence
State in which a person invoulentaraly and unpredictably passes urine.
Reflex Incontinence
Emptying of bladder due to reflex action and no control of urination.
Total Incontinence
Total loss of urine control. Patient is constantly wet.
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Johng9999
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2010-11-07T14:17:12Z
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