EVALUATION OF THE UROLOGIC PATIENT

DR. MOHAMMED ALTURKI COSULTANT UROLOGIST

Evaluation of the Urologic Patient

The urologist has the ability to make the initial evaluation and diagnosis and to provide medical and surgical therapy for all diseases of the genitourinary (GU) system.

Evaluation of the Urologic Patient

History:

The history is effected by: Anxiety. Language barrier or by Educational background

History

chief complain( it provides the initial information and clues to begin formulating the differential diagnosis. ) the duration, severity, chronicity, periodicity, and degree of disability are important considerations.

PainObstructioninflammation

renal pain: Pain is usually caused by acute distention of the renal

capsule, generally from inflammation or obstruction Pain of renal origin may be associated with gastrointestinal

symptoms

Renal pain may also be confused with pain resulting from irritation of the costal nerves, most commonly T10-T12

Pain Ureteral Pain

Ureteral pain is usually acute and secondary to obstruction.

Vesical Pain Constant suprapubic pain that is unrelated to

urinary retention is seldom of urologic origin. Inflammatory conditions of the bladder usually

produce intermittent suprapubic discomfort.

Prostatic Pain. Prostatic pain is usually secondary to inflammation with secondary edema and distention of the prostatic capsule

Penile Pain.

usually secondary to inflammation in the bladder or urethra.

Testicular Pain.

primary or referred. Acute or chronic

Hematuria > 3 RBC/HPF is significant.

Is the hematuria gross or microscopic? Time of the haematuriaassociated with pain or not ? Is the patient passing clots? If the patient is passing clots, do the clots have a specific shape?

The most common cause of gross hematuria in a patient older than age 50 years is bladder cancer.

Evaluation of the Urologic Patient

Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Irritative Symptoms

Frequency.Nocturnal Dysuria

Obstructive Symptoms Decreased force of urination Urinary hesitancy IntermittencyPostvoid dribblingStraining

CISNeurogenic UB

Incontinence. Continuous Incontinence. Stress Incontinence Urgency Incontinence Overflow Urinary Incontinence

Enuresis.

Sexual Dysfunction

(( impotence )) Loss of Libido Impotence. Failure to Ejaculate

An ejaculation may result from several causes: (1) androgen deficiency, (2) sympathetic

dnervation, (3) pharmacologic agents, and (4) bladder neck and prostatic surgery

Absence of OrgasmPremature Ejaculation Hematospermia It almost always results from

nonspecific inflammation of the prostate and/or seminal vesicles and resolves spontaneously, usually within several weeks

Pneumaturia

Urethral Discharge Fever and Chills

Medical History Family History Medications Previous Surgical Procedures Smoking and Alcohol Use Allergies

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

General Observations

Abdomen External Genitalia DRE

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

Evaluation of the Urologic Patient

Investigation:- urine analysis

microscopicDipstick

Spaceman collection male female Neonates and Infants

Urine analysis

Color The normal pale yellow color of urine is

due to the presence of the pigment urochrome

Turbidity Freshly voided urine is clear. Cloudy urine is most commonly due to

phosphaturia.

Pyuria

chyluria Lipiduria hyperoxaluria hyperuricosuria

Evaluation of the Urologic Patient

Specific Gravity and Osmolality 1.001 to 1.035 reflects the patient’s state of hydration Osmolality (50 and 1200 mOsm/L. )

is a measure of the amount of material dissolved in the urine

pH A urinary pH between 4.5 and 5.5 is considered acidic,

pH between 6.5 and 8 is considered alkaline.Urinary pH is usually acidic in patients with uric acid and

cystine stone. Alkalinization of the urine is an important feature of therapy in both of these conditions

abnormal substances commonly tested for with a dipstick include (1) blood, (2) protein, (3) glucose, (4) ketones, (5) urobilinogen and bilirubin, and (6) white blood cells.

Hematuria Hematuria of nephrologic origin

(casts and significant proteinuria.

Proteinuria healthy adults excrete 80 to 150 mg of protein in

the urine daily, Normally, urine protein is about 30% albumin,

30% serum globulins, and 40% tissue proteins, of which the major component is Tamm- Horsfall protein

Glucose and Ketones almost all the glucose filtered by the glomeruli is

reabsorbed in the proximal tubules renal threshold corresponds to serum glucose of

about 180 mg/dL

Bilirubin and Urobilinogen Normal urine contains no bilirubin and only

small amounts of urobilinogen

Leukocyte Esterase and Nitrite Tests

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