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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159:1182-1183.

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The study by Touchette et al¹ in this issue of the ARCHIVES presents the intriguing conclusion that bed-wetting could be part of a delay in the development of the central nervous system. But, it also raises the issue of how to treat bed-wetting when it does occur. Do evidence-based treatments exist for treating nighttime wetting problems?

The concept of "evidence-based medicine" has been widely accepted in the medical and pediatric community. In simplest terms, it refers to the preference for treatments and/or procedures that have a sound empirical base—procedures that have been shown to be superior to alternative treatments by using experimental designs that include random assignment to treatment conditions. With evidence-based treatments, once a procedure is shown to be more effective than the available alternatives, physicians usually adopt it. With nocturnal enuresis, this has not always been the case.

The diagnosis of nocturnal enuresis is relatively straightforward: one . . . [Full Text of this Article]

PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF NOCTURNAL ENURESIS


IF BEHAVIORAL PROCEDURES ARE SO EFFECTIVE, WHY AREN’T THEY USED MORE OFTEN?

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Edward Christophersen, PhD

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