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Blayne Welk

Associate Professor, Western University
Verified email at sjhc.london.on.ca
Cited by 4127

The validity and reliability of the neurogenic bladder symptom score

B Welk, S Morrow, W Madarasz, R Baverstock… - The Journal of …, 2014 - auajournals.org
Purpose : The neurogenic bladder symptom score is a tool to measure urinary symptoms
and consequences in patients with acquired or congenital neurogenic bladder. We describe …

Increased risk of dementia among patients with overactive bladder treated with an anticholinergic medication compared to a beta‐3 agonist: a population‐based …

B Welk, E McArthur - BJU international, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To determine if there is an increased risk of dementia among patients with overactive
bladder (OAB) starting an anticholinergic medication compared to those starting a beta‐3 …

Removal or revision of vaginal mesh used for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence

B Welk, J Winick-Ng - JAMA surgery, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Synthetic mesh slings are the most common surgical treatment for female stress
urinary incontinence (SUI). However, the US Food and Drug Administration has released …

The cognitive effect of anticholinergics for patients with overactive bladder

B Welk, K Richardson, JN Panicker - Nature Reviews Urology, 2021 - nature.com
Overactive bladder (OAB) is often treated with medications that block the cholinergic receptors
in the bladder (known as anticholinergics). The effect of this medication class on cognition …

Association of suicidality and depression with 5α-reductase inhibitors

B Welk, E McArthur, M Ordon, KK Anderson… - JAMA internal …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance There have been concerns raised by patients and regulatory agencies regarding
serious psychiatric adverse effects associated with 5α-reductase inhibitors. Objective To …

Association between gadolinium contrast exposure and the risk of parkinsonism

B Welk, E McArthur, SA Morrow, P MacDonald… - Jama, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Sunnybrook Hospital granted ethics approval and deemed the study exempt from
participant consent. Multiple linked administrative databases from Ontario, Canada, were …

The risk of fall and fracture with the initiation of a prostate-selective α antagonist: a population based cohort study

B Welk, E McArthur, LA Fraser, J Hayward, S Dixon… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Study question Do men starting treatment with prostate-specific α antagonists have increased
risk of fall and fracture? Methods Administrative datasets from the province of Ontario, …

Patient reported bladder related symptoms and quality of life after spinal cord injury with different bladder management strategies

…, J Rosenbluth, A Jha, DP Patel, B Welk - The Journal of …, 2019 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Neurogenic bladder significantly impacts individuals after spinal cord injury. We
hypothesized that there would be differences in bladder related symptoms and quality of life for …

Dyspareunia response in patients with interstitial cystitis treated with intravesical lidocaine, bicarbonate, and heparin

BK Welk, JMH Teichman - Urology, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To test the dyspareunia response of patients with interstitial cystitis/painful
bladder syndrome treated with an intravesical therapeutic solution of lidocaine, heparin, and …

[HTML][HTML] Canadian urological association guideline: diagnosis, management, and surveillance of neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction–full text

…, D Hickling, G Nadeau, L Stothers, B Welk - Canadian Urological …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The term “neurogenic bladder” describes lower urinary tract dysfunction that has occurred
likely as a result of a neurological injury or disease. 1 The International Continence Society (…