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Fantl JA, Newman DK, Colling J. Urinary Incontinence in Adults: Acute and Chronic Management: 1996 Update. Rockville (MD): Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR); 1996 Mar. (AHCPR Clinical Practice Guidelines, No. 2.)

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Abbreviations

ADL: Activities of Daily Living

BPH: Benign prostatic hyperplasia

BUN: Blood urea nitrogen

CMG: Cystometrogram

DHIC: Detrusor hyperactivity with impaired bladder contractility

DI: Detrusor instability

EMG: Electromyography

HCFA: Health Care Financing Administration

ISD: Intrinsic sphincter deficiency

MDS: Minimum Data Set

MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination

NSAID: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

PME: Pelvic muscle exercise

PPA: Phenylpropanolamine

PVR: Postvoid residual volume

RAI: Resident Assessment Instrument

RAP: Resident Assessment Protocol

SUI: Stress urinary incontinence

TCA: Tricyclic antidepressant

UI: Urinary incontinence

UPP: Urethral pressure profilometry

UTI: Urinary tract infection

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