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Chapter 26 - Urological issues in older adults

from Section III - Care of the elderly by organ system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2016

By
Tomas L. Griebling
Edited by
Jan Busby-Whitehead ,
Christine Arenson ,
Samuel C. Durso ,
Daniel Swagerty ,
Laura Mosqueda ,
Maria Fiatarone Singh  and
William Reichel
Jan Busby-Whitehead
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina
Christine Arenson
Affiliation:
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Samuel C. Durso
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Daniel Swagerty
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Laura Mosqueda
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Maria Fiatarone Singh
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
William Reichel
Affiliation:
Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Summary

Urological problems are extremely common in older adults. The prevalence of many urological disorders increases with advancing age in both men and women. Estimates indicate that approximately 20% of all primary care visits include some type of urological complaint. In fact, the specialty of urology ranks third, behind only ophthalmology and cardiology, in the total annual number of outpatient clinical visits by older Medicare recipients in the United States. These trends hold steady even when stratifying for ages older than either 75 or 85 years. There is a critical need for more clinicians across all specialties focused on care of older adults, including providers skilled in the evaluation and management of many of the common urological conditions seen in the geriatric population.
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Reichel's Care of the Elderly
Clinical Aspects of Aging
 , pp. 366 - 382
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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