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Night wetting and soiling — OSCE
OSCE on non-punitive assessment and counselling for enuresis with constipation-related soiling.
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MRCPCH ClinicalRACP DCE
Prompt
7-year-old with primary night wetting and stained underwear; parents plan punishment and want a tablet for school camp.
Objectives
- Open without blame and stop punitive toileting. [1]
- Classify primary MNE with retentive encopresis and explain overflow. [2] [11]
- Offer a stepped plan: bowel clearance/maintenance, alarm for cure, desmopressin for camp with safety. [4] [5] [6] [9]
- Safety-net red flags and review. [1] [2]
References9ShowHide
- [1]Fritz G, Rockney R, et al. Practice parameter for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with enuresis J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 2004.PMID 15564822
- [2]Neveus T, Eggert P, Evans J, et al. Evaluation of and treatment for monosymptomatic enuresis: a standardization document from the International Children's Continence Society J Urol, 2010.PMID 20006865
- [4]Nunes VD, O'Flynn N, Evans J, Sawyer L Management of bedwetting in children and young people: summary of NICE guidance BMJ, 2010.PMID 20980375
- [5]Caldwell PH, Codarini M, Stewart F, Hahn D, Sureshkumar P Alarm interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2020.PMID 32364251
- [6]Hahn D, et al. Desmopressin for nocturnal enuresis in children Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2025.PMID 40728007
- [9]Tabbers MM, DiLorenzo C, Berger MY, et al. Evaluation and treatment of functional constipation in infants and children: evidence-based recommendations from ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 2014.PMID 24345831
- [11]Loening-Baucke V Functional fecal retention with encopresis in childhood J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 2004.PMID 14676600
- [12]Pashankar DS, Bishop WP, Loening-Baucke V Long-term efficacy of polyethylene glycol 3350 for the treatment of chronic constipation in children with and without encopresis Clin Pediatr (Phila), 2003.PMID 14686553
- [14]Chin X, et al. Desmopressin therapy in children and adults: pharmacological considerations and clinical implications Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 2022.PMID 35199198