Real-world therapeutic management and evolution of patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia in primary care and urology in Spain.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe the real-world therapeutic management of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) (LUTS/BPH) attending primary care and urology clinics in Spain.

Methods: This observational, retrospective, multicentre study included men ≥50 years of age diagnosed with LUTS/BPH (≤8 years prior to study visit) (N = 670). Therapeutic management according to healthcare service (primary care vs.

Real-world assessment and characteristics of men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in primary care and urology clinics in Spain.

Objectives: To describe the real-world demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) as a result of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in Spain.

Methodology: This observational, retrospective, multicentre study conducted in primary care and urology clinics in Spain included men aged ≥50 years diagnosed (≤8 years prior to study visit) with LUTS caused by BPH. The primary endpoint was demographic and clinical characteristics; secondary endpoints included disease progression and diagnostic tests across both healthcare settings.

Adjustment of antidiabetic treatment regimens on discharge from the emergency department: effect on 90-day outcomes in patients admitted to a short-stay unit.

Objectives: To determine whether the adjustment of antidiabetic treatment of patients discharged from a short-stay unit (SSU) after a hyperglycemic crisis reduces the rate of adverse events in the next 90 days.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of patients admitted to an emergency SSU in June 2011. We gathered information on patient demographics, concurrent diseases, reason for admission, and appropriateness of antidiabetic treatment on discharge.

[Managing the discharge of diabetic patients from the emergency department: a consensus paper].

Eighty to 90% of patients attended in emergency departments are discharged to home. Emergency department physicians are therefore responsible for specifying how these patients are treated afterwards. An estimated 30% to 40% of emergency patients have diabetes mellitus that was often decompensated or poorly controlled prior to the emergency.

[Recommendations for the management of emergencies in patients with diabetes, acute metabolic complications of diabetes, and steroid-related hyperglycemia].

Persons with diabetes make up a large percentage of patients attended in the emergency department. Most will be discharged, but patients who remain under observation in wards managed by the emergency department or who wait are waiting to be admitted to a conventional ward must receive appropriate, protocol-guided treatment for their diabetes. Situations of hyper- or hypoglycemia must be avoided because both worsen prognosis.