       Document 0549
 DOCN  M9640549
 TI    [Vesicourethral dysfunction in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
       (AIDS)]
 DT    9604
 AU    Begara Morillas FJ; Salinas Casado J; Silmi Moyano A; Espinosa Fernandez
       B; Fernandez Lucas C; Roca Arbones V; Resel Estevez L; Catedra y
       Servicio de Urologia, Unidad de SIDA, Hospital; Universitario San
       Carlos, Madrid, Espana.
 SO    Arch Esp Urol. 1995 Nov;48(9):915-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96120167
 AB    OBJECTIVES: Ten patients with AIDS and voiding disorders were assessed
       to determine the most common type of lower urinary tract dysfunction and
       its possible usefulness in detecting neurological disease. METHODS: A
       complete urodynamic evaluation was performed. RESULTS: The most common
       symptom was urge incontinence and the most common urodynamic finding was
       detrusor-external sphincter dyssynergia. Of the 5 patients found to have
       a neurological disorder, only 3 had demonstrable functional disorder of
       the lower urinary tract (2 patients had detrusor hyperreflexia: one of
       them had a history of encephalopathy from HIV and the other patient had
       polyneuritis; the third patient had myelitis and a urodynamically
       diagnosed sympathetic decentration. CONCLUSIONS: Knowing the functional
       disorders of patients with AIDS can avoid complications and improve
       patient quality of life. Furthermore, it can be useful in detecting an
       existing neurological lesion or one that may develop in the future.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Adult
       Bladder/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Chronic Disease  English Abstract  Female
       Human  *HIV-1  Male  Middle Age  Prospective Studies
       Urethra/*PHYSIOPATHOLOGY  Urination Disorders/ETIOLOGY/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY
       Urodynamics  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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