Category Ranking

98%

Total Visits

921

Avg Visit Duration

2 minutes

Citations

20

Article Abstract

Aims: Idiopathic overactive bladder syndrome (iOAB) is a prevalent condition in urological practice. The variability in management between specialists and between centers remains high. Even existing guidelines contain inconsistencies. We aimed to develop a treatment algorithm for iOAB for use in daily clinical practice.

Methods: From October 2018 till November 2019, a Delphi study was conducted to obtain expert consensus on the management of iOAB. Members from the Belgian Working Group of Functional Urology were asked to rate online statements, based on gaps and variabilities between the American Urology Association (AUA), European Association of Urology (EAU) and International Consultation on Incontinence (ICI) guidelines on iOAB. The consensus was reached if ≥75% of the panel agreed on the level of appropriateness. Two Delphi rounds and an open discussion session were held.

Results: Twenty out of 49 members completed the first round and 18 completed the second round. The consensus was reached on 44/143 statements and 15/56 statements in the first and second round, respectively. The consensus was reached on criteria by which to phenotype OAB patients, the terminology relating to the first-, second- and third-line treatment, the duration of therapies, the chronological order, and the choice between therapies. No consensus was reached on the role of percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) in the treatment algorithm.

Conclusions: A flowchart reflecting the current attitude and approach of a Delphi expert panel towards the treatment of iOAB was developed. We propose its use in daily clinical practice to increase the standardization of OAB treatment.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nau.24421DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

consensus reached
16
flowchart reflecting
8
reflecting current
8
current attitude
8
attitude approach
8
idiopathic overactive
8
overactive bladder
8
delphi study
8
daily clinical
8
second round
8

Similar Publications

Objective: To develop a score (Palineo score) to identify the palliative care needs of newborn patients admitted to a Brazilian neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary maternity hospital that serves as a reference center for high-risk pregnancies, ensuring timely follow-up by a specialist.

Methods: Patients were assessed by three specialists using a questionnaire that included the same clinical elements as those used for the Palineo score but did not assign scores to the criteria. The score was determined by the consensus reached by the specialists.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A breastfeeding-friendly city is one with a synchronous and enabling environment for breastfeeding. A scoping review and interviews with breastfeeding mothers identified numerous potential indicators of a breastfeeding-friendly city. To determine a set of indicators of a breastfeeding-friendly city through consensus.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Functional high risk multiple myeloma (FHRMM) remains a challenging entity with poor outcomes and limited survival, and there is no international consensus on optimal second-line therapeutic strategies in relapsed/refractory patients. In this multicenter real-world retrospective study, we investigated clinical characteristics and outcomes of a total of 62 FHRMM patients previously treated with a first-line daratumumab-based quadruplet regimen or who relapsed within 12 months after frontline autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT). In our cohort, the overall response rate was 61%, with 42% of patients achieving a very good partial response (VGPR) or better.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Purpose: This study aimed to develop an ICF core set for assessing stroke survivors in community-based rehabilitation settings in Hong Kong.

Material And Methods: A three-round Delphi process which involved 39 multidisciplinary experts in community-based rehabilitation services was conducted to reach consensus on a preliminary version of ICF core set for stroke survivors. The initial questionnaire included 130 second-level ICF categories while the panel was invited to suggest additional categories.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

In this article, a biophysically realistic model of a soft octopus arm with internal musculature is presented. The modeling is motivated by experimental observations of sensorimotor control where an arm localizes and reaches a target. Major contributions of this article are: (i) development of models to capture the mechanical properties of arm musculature, the electrical properties of the arm peripheral nervous system (PNS), and the coupling of PNS with muscular contractions; (ii) modeling the arm sensory system, including chemosensing and proprioception; and (iii) algorithms for sensorimotor control, which include a novel feedback neural motor control law for mimicking target-oriented arm reaching motions, and a novel consensus algorithm for solving sensing problems such as locating a food source from local chemical sensory information (exogenous) and arm deformation information (endogenous).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF