Silverman William M
Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Fla, USA.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2004 Feb;104(2 Suppl 2):S1-4.
The patient described, though not typical, is one among many of those of the aging male population in whom their primary care physicians will increasingly diagnose diseases affecting the prostate gland. Primary care physicians then will offer first-line therapy not only for prostatic diseases but also for concurrent sexual and erectile dysfunction. This brief primer for primary care physicians "unscrambles" the alphabet in a "soup" of initialisms and acronyms for lower urinary tract symptoms, benign prostatic hyperplasia, benign prostatic enlargement, and bladder outlet obstruction.
本文所描述的患者虽不典型，但在老年男性群体中却很常见，他们的初级保健医生会越来越多地诊断出影响前列腺的疾病。初级保健医生随后不仅会为前列腺疾病提供一线治疗，还会治疗同时出现的性功能和勃起功能障碍。这本为初级保健医生准备的简短入门读物，在一系列用于描述下尿路症状、良性前列腺增生、良性前列腺肿大及膀胱出口梗阻的首字母缩略词的“汤”中，对字母表进行了“解读”。
