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Enurese

Evidence last reviewed: 24 Apr 2026
Topic last updated: 19 May 2023

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • ingestão elevada de líquidos à noite
  • polaciúria
  • constipação
  • cafeína e outros irritantes vesicais
  • urgência urinária
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Other diagnostic factors

  • hábitos miccionais anormais
  • padrão respiratório anormal à noite
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Risk factors

  • predisposição genética
  • constipação
  • obstrução das vias aéreas superiores/distúrbios respiratórios do sono
  • transtorno de deficit da atenção com hiperatividade (TDAH)
  • transtornos psicológicos
  • sexo masculino
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • urinálise
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Tests to consider

  • ultrassonografia do trato urinário
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

idade <7 anos

idade ≥7 anos

ONGOING

recidiva

Contributors

Authors

Erin C. Grantham, MD

Pediatric Urologist

Department of Urology

Billings Clinic

Billings

MT

Disclosures

ECG declares that she has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Erin C. Grantham would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Duncan T. Wilcox and Dr Nicholas G. Cost, the previous contributors to this topic. Dr Erin C. Grantham would also like to acknowledge Jillian Hatfield for her contribution to this topic.

Disclosures

DTW and NGC declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Prasad Godbole, FRCS, FRCS (Paed), FEAPU

Consultant Paediatric Urologist

Paediatric Surgical Unit

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Western Bank

Sheffield

UK

Divulgaciones

PG declares that he has no competing interests.

Elizabeth Jackson, MD

Associate Professor

Pediatric Nephrology

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati

OH

Divulgaciones

EJ declares that she has no competing interests.

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Referencias

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Artículos principales

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed. Text Revision, (DSM-5-TR). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2022.

European Association of Urology. Guidelines on paediatric urology. 2023 [internet publication].Texto completo

Nevéus T, Eggert P, Evans J, et al. Evaluation of and treatment for monosymptomatic enuresis: a standardization document from the International Children's Continence Society. J Urol. 2010;183:441-447.Texto completo  Resumen

Caldwell PH, Codarini M, Stewart F, et al. Alarm interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 May 4;5(5):CD002911.Texto completo  Resumen

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