Abstract: Overview of Overactive Bladder, Prostatitis, and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms for the Primary Care Physician.
Richard S. Pelman, MD – Department of Urology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; Bellevue Urology Associates, Bellevue, WA

As an increasing number of treatment options for urological disorders become available, patients with these conditions are more often able to be managed in the primary care setting. Primary care physicians, therefore, must become more knowledgeable of the proper urologic terminology, and the screening tools that have traditionally been used by urologists. To that end, this article reviews the terminology associated with lower urinary tract symptoms and describes the evaluation and treatment of patients presenting with these symptoms. The diagnoses of overactive bladder and prostatitis are discussed, as well as the therapeutic options available for these patients.
[Rev Urol. 2004; 6 (suppl 1): S16-S23]

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