Enuresis is defined as intermittent urinary incontinence during sleep in a child at least five years of age. Approximately 5% to 10% of all seven-year-olds have enuresis, and an estimated 5 to 7 million children in the United States have enuresis. The pathophysiology of primary nocturnal enuresis involves the inability to awaken from sleep in response to a full bladder, coupled with excessive nighttime urine production or a decreased functional capacity of the bladder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDyspareunia is recurrent or persistent pain with sexual activity that causes marked distress or interpersonal conflict. It affects approximately 10% to 20% of U.S.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The purpose of this project was to improve provider documentation of adolescent overweight and obesity through body mass index percentile (BMI%) documentation in the military's electronic medical record (EMR).
Methods: Using the FOCUS-PDCA (Find-Organize-Clarify-Understand-Select-Plan-Do-Check-Act) model, we developed an intervention to improve rates of diagnosis of overweight/obesity in our adolescent medicine clinic. Medical technicians documented the patient's BMI% and growth chart in the EMR.