[Urinary stress incontinence after radical prostatectomy in treatment reality : Results of a rehabilitation clinic-2009 compared to 2016].

Purpose: Based on the work of Lent et al., the aim of this study was to compare and to evaluate the 2009 outcomes of maintaining continence after radical prostatectomy (rp) with those of patients from 2016.

Patients And Methods: The data of all patients who underwent follow-up treatment 1 to 8 weeks after rp in 2016 (n = 1392) were evaluated by quantitative measuring all day incontinence under a defined graduation and compared to the results of 2009 (n = 1750).

Interface strategy during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for hypercapnic acute respiratory failure.

Objective: To assess the influence of initial mask choice on the clinical effectiveness and tolerance of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in the management of hypercapnic acute respiratory failure.

Design: A prospective randomized controlled clinical study.

Setting: A medical intensive care unit at a university hospital.