The low dopamine hypothesis: A plausible mechanism underpinning residual urine, overactive bladder and nocturia (RON) syndrome in older patients.
R HaddadJ N PanickerI VerbakelK DhondtL GhijselingsF HervéM PetrovicM WhishawD L BliwiseK EveraertPublished in: Progres en urologie : journal de l'Association francaise d'urologie et de la Societe francaise d'urologie (2023)
The concept of RON syndrome helps to better understand this common phenotypic presentation in clinical practice, and therefore serves as a useful platform to diagnose and treat LUTS in older adults. Besides recognizing the synucleinopathy "red flag" symptoms, this set of multi-causal LUT signs and symptoms highlights the inevitable need for combination therapy, a challenge in older people with their comorbidities and concomitant medications.