New words for old: lower urinary tract symptoms for “prostatism”

Paul Abrams

doi:10.1136/bmj.308.6934.929

April 9, 1994BMJOpen Access

New words for old: lower urinary tract symptoms for “prostatism”

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Advocate for replacing the diagnostic term 'prostatism' with 'lower urinary tract symptoms' to prevent inaccurate clinical assumptions about underlying etiology.
Reviewed diagnostic terminology alongside epidemiological surveys evaluating male urinary symptom prevalence.
Evaluated emerging pharmacologic agents and minimally invasive interventional technologies targeted at bladder outflow obstruction.
Urinary complaints affect a substantial portion of older men, with prevalence rates ranging from 11% for straining to 78% for nocturia.
Therapeutic options have expanded to include alpha-adrenergic blockers, 5-alpha reductase inhibitors, and thermal or ablative procedural interventions.

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Expert review finds high prevalence of urinary complaints in older men, suggesting lower urinary tract symptoms better reflects non-specific etiologies than prostatism.

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