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Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia provides urologists of all levels with a practical, highly clinical guide to the variety of different symptoms and problems concerning the male lower urinary tract, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, one of the conditions that u...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 Etiology and Pathogenesis; Introduction; What is BPH/LUTS? The biology; Regulation of the normal prostate; Androgen regulation of the prostate; Estrogens, progesterone, prostatic regulation, and BPH; Growth factors and chemokines in BPH/LUTS; Inflammatory changes associated with BPH; Prostate-associated Gene 4 as a stress modulator within the prostate; The need for biomarkers of BPH; Conclusions; Bibliography.
- Chapter 2 Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Epidemiology, Correlates, and Risk FactorsIntroduction; Descriptive epidemiology, risk factors, and correlates; Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and LUTS; BPH/LUTS and sexual function in men; Measurement and classification of LUTS symptoms in epidemiological research: new concepts and methods; Summary and conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: United States; Introduction; Initial evaluation of men presenting with LUTS; Medical history.
- Characterization of LUTS and quality of lifePhysical examination; Initial diagnostic tests; Differential diagnosis after the initial evaluation; Evaluation of the persistent or complicated LUTS in the male patient with LUTD; Diagnostic tests for patients with complicated LUTD; Additional selected diagnostic tests for complex BPH patients; Bibliography; Chapter 4 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Europe; Aim of the assessment; Investigational tests; Medical history; Symptom score; Physical examination and digital rectal examination.
- Frequency-volume charts and bladder diariesUrinalysis (dipstick); Serum creatinine; PSA; Postvoid residual urine; Imaging of urinary tract; Endoscopy; Uroflowmetry; Pressure-flow studies; What happens in real life in Europe?; Bibliography; Chapter 5 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms/Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Primary Care; Why should primary care be concerned?; Definitions; What are LUTS?; Normal function of the prostate; Abnormal function of the prostate; Normal function of the bladder; Abnormal function of the bladder.
- History, physical, and laboratory evaluationOther modalities in assessment; Reasons for referral; Assessing bother; Summary; Chapter 6 Watchful Waiting; Introduction; Symptom progression; Acute urinary retention; Prostate size and growth; Bladder function changes in men over time; Renal disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia; Associations in common between chronic kidney disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia; Inflammation; Diabetes; Hypertension; Metabolic syndrome; Autonomic nervous system; Monitoring renal function in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia; End-stage renal disease.