Four million Australians experience incontinence, which can reduce their quality of life by restricting their social and family activities, employment prospects and participation in the community.
Monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis (MNE – nocturnal enuresis without any other lower urinary tract symptoms) is a common form of childhood bedwetting.
Statistics show that only 34 percent of Australian families with a child who wets the bed seek professional help.
This clinical guideline offers evidence-based advice on the assessment, care and treatment of children and young people up to the age of 19 with bedwetting.
Sacral nerve stimulation delivered by InterStim™ therapy is now MBS Listed for adults with detrusor overactivity.
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association and the Australian Institute of Health Policy Studies invite you to attend their Annual Congress in 2010.
Bedwetting alarms are not suitable for all patients and not all patients will respond to an alarm.
Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (PNE), or bedwetting, is common in children, with up to 18.9% of school-age children suffering with the condition.
