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Outline P-DIAPERS

• P-Psychologic
• D-Delirium
• I-Infection
• A-Atrophic Urethra
• P-Pharmaceuticals – blood pressure medication, antidepressants, diuretics, sleeping pills
• E-Excess Urine Output
• R-Restricted Mobility
• S-Stool Impaction

Description

These are common causes of transient incontinence – when a patient cannot hold their urine and becomes incontinent without warning, periodically. This occurs in children and commonly in older adults