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A Byrnes

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Compliance with pelvic floor exercise program: maintaining bladder symptom relief.

Urinary incontinence can cause social isolation and be a financial and hygienic burden to the individual. Pelvic floor muscle exercises can be effective in maintaining and improving urinary incontinence and associated bladder symptoms following a successful course of biofeedback and electrical stimulation.

Biofeedback, Psychology↗

Presence of creatine phosphokinase brain band in the serum of chronic renal disease patients.

The almost universal presence of the isoenzyme creatine phosphokinase brain band (CPK-BB) in the sera of patients with chronic renal insufficiency and serum creatinine above 4.5 mg/dl is noted. It is absent in patients with severe acute renal failure and in transplanted patients with normal renal function. The source of the enzyme may be nerve tissue and may represent neuronal cell damage in uremics over a period of time.

Acute Kidney Injury↗