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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Comparative response of Desmopressin versus Combination Therapy (Desmopressin + Oxybutynin) in Children with Nocturnal Enuresis.

Asiya Kazi, Kemchand N Moorani, Shabih Zehra, Ijaz Hussain Zaidi

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Desmopressin for nocturnal enuresis in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Asiya KaziDr. Asiya Kazi, MBBS, Pharmacology Department, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Sailors Street, Adjacent PNS Shifa, Defence Phase 2, Karachi, Pakistan.
Kemchand N MooraniProf. Dr. Khemchand N. Moorani, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS. Department of Paediatric Nephrology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Karachi, Pakistan.
Shabih ZehraDr. Shabih Zehra, MBBS, MCPS, FCPS. Department of Radiology, PNS Shifa Hospital DHA, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ijaz Hussain ZaidiProf. Dr. Ijaz Hussain Zaidi Faisal, MBBS, PhD. Pharmacology Department, Bahria University Medical & Dental College, Sailors Street, Adjacent PNS Shifa, Defence Phase 2, Karachi, Pakistan.
Karachi Medical and Dental College · PKDar Al-Shifa Hospital · PSNational Institute of Child Health · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the safety as well as efficacy of desmopressin monotherapy alone and in combination (desmopressin + oxybutynin) in treating nocturnal urinary incontinence among children with 7 to 13 years.

methodsThis randomized controlled trial has been carried out in National Institute of Child Health from September 2018 to March 2019 with the utilization of convenient sampling technique. Data has been collected after taking ethical approval and informed consent of the Parents with complete confidentiality. The sample size was 84 and equal number of patients was divided in two groups. Group-I was given desmopressin at monotherapy at a dose of 0.2 mg and Group-II was given desmopressin and oxybutynin at the dose of 0.2 mg desmopressin and 5 mg oxybutynin patients were diagnosed on the basis of history. Routine lab investigation included Urine DR and ultrasound abdomen.

resultsIn this study significant differences between two groups were found with respect to socio economic status, lack of education of parents (P Less than 0.05). The frequency, urgency and incontinence of this ailment was significantly controlled by combination therapy (desmopressin + oxybutynin) as compared to desmopressin as monotherapy (P Less than 0.05) as patient was followed after one, two and three monthly basis.

conclusionDesmopressin combination with oxybutynin is more effective as compared to monotherapy treatment. The affectivity of the combination therapy was very high with least side effects and all the children recovered from the condition at third month of treatment. Furthermore, headache was observed to be common with monotherapy and loss of appetite was observed with combination therapy.

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DesmopressinNocturnal EnuresisOxybutyninRecurrence

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PMID32968391
PMCPMC7501033
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