Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Winter 2008

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Urologic Evaluation

The most common urologic complaints that trigger a referral to a primary care physician or urologic surgeon can be divided into those related to the lower urinary tract and those of the upper urinary tract. Differentiation between urologic and nonurologic causes of nonspecific symptoms can be made only after basic investigation.

This chapter about urologic evaluation is from an atlas of basic urologic problems, ABC of Urology, designed to help general practitioners address the needs of the ever-increasing number of people seeking help for urinary problems. In this chapter, the author reviews obstructive symptoms, irritative symptoms, erectile dysfunction and sexual problems, urinary incontinence, pain, renal colic, fever, and hematuria, or blood in the urine. The chapter also covers external physical examination, initial laboratory tests including urine testing and culture, the use of urodynamics, and radiological investigation. The section features several pages of text, charts and tables, and full-color photographs and illustrations. For more information, contact Blackwell Publishing Inc., P.O. Box 20, Williston, VT 05495, 1–800–216–2522, orders@aidcvt.com, or go to www.blackwellpublishing.com.

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NIH Publication No. 08–5743
March 2008

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