Background/Aims: To assess the efficacy of intravesical hyaluronic acid (HA) and HA/chondroitin sulfate (CS) instillation in patients with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome by systematic review and meta-analysis.
Jung-Soo Pyo, Won Jin Cho
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Noninvasive experimental bladder pain assessment in painful bladder syndrome. [PDF]
ObjectiveTo compare bladder sensitivity between patients with pelvic pain and patients who were pain free, undergoing noninvasive, controlled bladder distension via diuresis. We also sought to measure potential mechanisms underlying bladder sensitivity.DesignProspective observational study.SettingCommunity teaching hospital.PopulationReproductive‐age ...
Tu FF, Kane JN, Hellman KM.
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Women's Experiences of Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome. [PDF]
The aim of this study was to explore the lived experience of interstitial cystitis (IC) / painful bladder syndrome (PBS). A phenomenological approach with emphasis on reflection and openness was adopted.
Kirkham A, Swainston K.
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Understanding mechanisms of Ketamine-induced human urinary tract damage [PDF]
Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative N-Methyl D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist used as an anaesthetic and analgesic. A florid non-bacterial cystitis condition known as ketamine-induced cystitis (KIC) has recently been reported in abusers and ...
Shahzad, Khurram
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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Painful Bladder Syndrome’s Diagnostic and Therapeutic Controversies: A Review [PDF]
Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) is a controversial disease with no consensus on its nomenclature, diagnostic criteria, or aetiology. Interstitial Cystitis (IC), PBS, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, and Hypersensitive Bladder Syndrome (HBS) are closely ...
Sulaiman Almutairi
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Development of an interstitial cystitis risk score for bladder permeability. [PDF]
Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC) is a multifactorial syndrome of severe pelvic and genitalia pain and compromised urinary function; a subset of IC patients present with Hunner's lesions or ulcers on their bladder walls (UIC).
Laura E Lamb +4 more
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Human urinary exosomes in bladder cancer patients : properties, concentrations and possible clinical application [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: High grade bladder cancer is extremely aggressive. Early detection is thus an important challenge. De- velopment of non-invasive diagnostic tools particularly using urine samples could be of importance in the diagnosis and surveillance of ...
Mullen, Peter +11 more
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Metabolomics Insights Into Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Interstitial Cystitis [PDF]
Interstitial cystitis (IC), also known as painful bladder syndrome or bladder pain syndrome, is a chronic lower urinary tract syndrome characterized by pelvic pain, urinary urgency, and increased urinary frequency in the absence of bacterial infection or
Oliver Fiehn, Jayoung Kim
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Novel potential interacting partners of fibronectin in spontaneous animal model of interstitial cystitis [PDF]
Feline idiopathic cystitis (FIC) is the only spontaneous animal model for human interstitial cystitis (IC), as both possess a distinctive chronical and relapsing character. Underlying pathomechanisms of both diseases are not clearly established yet.
Amann, Barbara +30 more
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