Obesity and smoking: Are they modulators of cough intravesical peak pressure in stress urinary incontinence?
PURPOSE: SUI (Stress Urinary Incontinence) results from sudden increases in intravesical peak pressures exceeding urethral resistance leading to involuntary urine loss. Obesity and smoking are well established reversible risk factors for SUI and may alter intravesical peak pressures. BMI, smoking st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia
2011-08-01
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| Series: | International Brazilian Journal of Urology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382011000400013 |