Urology Flashcards
(155 cards)
What are the common causes of haematuria?
Nephritic syndrome
Renal, ureteric or bladder or prostate cancer
Trauma
Renal and ureteric and bladder stones
TB
Pyleonephritis
Schistosomiasis
Urethritis
Strictures
BPH
Epidymitis
Menses
What are the risk factors for haematuria?
Above 60
Smoking
Worked with paint, dyes, metals or petroleum
Recurrent UTI
FHx of bladder cancer
Schistosomiasis prevalent
How might you examine a patient with haematuria?
Abdo - tenderness or masses, urinary retention
DRE - prostate
What are the primary Investigations for haematuria?
Blood tests, urinalysis, midstream urine sample for culture, upper tract imaging and flexible cystoscopy
What other symptoms should be assessed with haematuria?
Rigours
Fever
lethargy
What results in renal colic?
Acute ureteric obstruction - usually calculus or blood clots
What can acute ureteric obstruction lead to?
Acute renal failure or pyonephrosis
What type of pain Is renal colic?
From loin to groin
Peristalytic movement
How do you respond to pyonephrosis.
Urological emergency. Decompress
What is the common presentation of renal colic!
Sweat, pale, restLess, N+V
How is upper urinary tract obstruction diagnosed?
CT or USS
Diuretic renography (MAG3)
How is an upper urinary tract drained?
Nephrostomy
JJ stent
Anagelesia
High fluid intake
ESWL
PCNL
What are the causes of stress UI?
Weakness in pelvic floor muscle - post partum, constipation, obesity, post menopausal, pelvic surgery
What are the causes of urge UI?
Neurogenic caused - infection, malignancy or idiopathic, medication - cholinesterase inhibitors
Mixed UI
Stress and urge
What are the causes of overflow UI!
Prostatic hyperplasia, spinal cord injury or congenital defects
What are the causes of continuous UI?
Ectopic ureter or bladder fistula
What investigations should be performed for incontinence?
Bladder diaries
Midstream urine dipstick - infection or haematuria
Post void bladder scans
Urodynamics assessment
Cytoscopy
What is the conservative management of UI?
Stress: Pelvic floor muscle training and Duloxetine (ssri)
Urge - anti muscularis drugs and bladder training
What is the surgical management of UI?
Urge - botulinum toxin A injection, percutaneous sacral nerve stimulation, augmentation cystoplasty (whereby a detubularised segment of bowel is inserted into the bladder wall to increase bladder capacity), or urinary diversion via ileal conduit.
Stress - tension free vaginal tape, open colposuspension (involving elevation of the bladder neck and urethra through a lower abdominal incision), intramural bulking agents, or an artificial urinary sphincter
How should a testicular lump be inspected?
the Site, Size, Shape, Symmetry, Skin changes, and any Scars present.
Obstructive uropathy
How should you palpate a testicular lump?
Tenderness, Temperature, Transillumination, Consistency, Attachments, Mobility, Pulsation, Fluctuation, Irreducibility, Regional lymph nodes, and the Edge.
What investigations should be taken for a scrotal lump?
USS, blood tests (tumour markers - LDH, AFP, beta -hCG)