UROLOGY

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

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Obstructive symptoms Overactive symptoms Incontinence symptoms Hesitancy Frequency Urinary incontinence Decreased force of stream Nocturia Stress incontinence Intermittency Urgency Urgency incontinence Straining Urgency incontinence Mixed incontinence Position-dependent micturition Increased sensation…

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Urologic Oncology

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  Age at diagnosis  66–74 Years 75+ Years  5-Year mortality 10-Year mortality 5-Year mortality 10-Year mortality Characteristic Rate per 100a 95% CIb Rate per 100a 95% CIb Rate per 100a…

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Urology in the Nursing Home

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Fig. 8.1 Gradual decrease in the number of nursing home residents of all ages from 1977 to 2004. Adapted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012. National Center for…

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Approach to the Elderly Patient: Evaluation

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Deconditioning Delirium Dementia Falls Frailty Malnutrition Osteoporosis Palliative/end of life care Polypharmacy Pressure ulcers Transitional care Urinary incontinence Several steps must be added to the usual initial history and physical…

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Complications Particular to the Elderly

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Fig. 6.1 Confusion Assessment Method. Courtesy of Vanderbilt University. Available from: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/icudelirium/docs/CAM_ICU_flowsheet.pdf Treating postoperative delirium should focus on identifying risk factors, as well as underlying conditions, and treating them appropriately….

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Use of Adjunctive Services

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  Home Assisted living/personal care home Rehabilitation facility Nursing home-short stay Nursing home—long-term stay Functional status Independenta Independent in ADLs, assistance with IADLsa May be dependent in some ADLs, IADLS…

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Medication Issues

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The value of the equation is usually reduced to 85% in women. While many electronic medical record systems report Cr Cl via the Cockcroft–Gault equation, the clinician must remember that…

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Perioperative Care of the Geriatric Urology Patient

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6. Turrentine FE, Wang H, Simpson VB, Jones RS. Surgical risk factors, morbidity, and mortality in elderly patients. J Am Coll Surg. 2006;203:865–77.PubMedCrossRef 7. Manku K, Bacchetti P, Leung JM….

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Pelvic Organ Prolapse

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Fig. 7.1 Three by three grid for recording quantitative description of pelvic organ support Points and Landmarks for POP-Q System Examination Table 7.1 illustrates the reference points: three reference points…

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Nocturia

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Fig. 15.1 Pathophysiology of nocturnal polyuria Glomerular Filtration The glomerulus receives its blood supply from an afferent arteriole of the renal circulation and drains into an efferent arteriole. The resistance…

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