Urological Emergencies

Urological Emergencies: A Practical Approach, Second Edition provides a concise, evidence based review of common urgent and emergent urological conditions in children and adults. Descriptions of the appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic considerations on topics of traumatic, infectious, obstructive, hemorrhagic, iatrogenic, vascular and congenital urological emergencies in adults and children are provided.

The text is organized by pathophysiology rather than organ system, allowing the reader to develop approaches to the care of patients with acute urological conditions based on mechanism of disease. Relevant pathophysiological background and epidemiology are reviewed, necessary diagnostic testing recommended, and detailed medical, surgical and endourological management approaches have been provided. All chapters incorporate published guidelines and best practice recommendations from appropriate organizations including the American Urological Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and various International Consultations on Urological Diseases. New or significantly revised chapters in each of the subsections address innovations in trauma care and prevention, new strategies in management of kidney stones, and special care needs of children with acute urological problems.

Urological Emergencies: A Practical Approach, Second Edition is of great value to practicing urologists, urology residents, emergency medicine trainees and practitioners, and primary care providers including MD's, PA's, and NP's without immediate access to urological consultation.

Provides a concise, evidence based review Contains illuminating illustrations and photographs Authored by recognized experts in their respective fields Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Hunter Wessells, MD, FACS
University of Washington School of Medicine and Harborview Medical Center, Department of Urology, Seattle, WA, USA

Zusammenfassung
Here is a concise review of urgent and emergent urological conditions, covering diagnostic and therapeutic considerations in traumatic, infectious, obstructive, hemorrhagic, iatrogenic, vascular and congenital urological emergencies in adults and children.

Inhalt
The Science of Shock and Fluid Resuscitation.- Injur y Prevention.- The Current Management of Renal Injuries.- Traumatic Ureteral Injuries.- Bladder Trauma.- Urethral Trauma.- Trauma to the External Genitalia.- Infection of the Upper Urinary Tract.- Genital and Infectious Emergencies: Prostatitis, Urethritis, and Epididymo-orchitis.- Penile Prosthesis Infection.- Fournier's Gangrene.- Renal Artery Embolism and Renal Vein Thrombosis.- Retroperitoneal and Upper Tract Hemorrhage.- Hemorrhagic Cystitis.- Priapism.- The Acute Scrotum.- Renal Colic: Diagnosis and Management.- Nonurolithic Causes of Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction.- Urgent and Emergent Management of Acute Urinary Retention.- Vesicovaginal Fistula and Ureteral Injury During Pelvic Surgery.- Management of the Ureter During Pelvic Surgery.- The Exstrophy-Epispadias Complex.- Disorders of Sex Development.- Posterior Urethral Valves.- Spina Bifida.