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Aims and Objectives
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Nocturnal LUTS in older people is prevalent and bothersome symptoms however underdiagnosed. Clinicians lack confidence in how evaluating and treating the symptoms resulting in catheters and briefs. As nocturnal LUTS cannot be considered as benign a more stringent diagnostic workout is needed. Increasing clinicians their confidence will help them in starting up therapy and improving general health and comfort to patients. The focus of this workshop is improving diagnosis of nocturnal LUTS with a blink of the eye toward therapy.
Learning Objectives - - Application of the 2017 standardisation of terminology report on nocturnal LUTS and understand the gaps and restrictions in older people.
- Learn how to diagnose heart failure and explain how blood pressure can influence nocturnal urine output.
- Understand the consequences of treatment.
- Understand the different aspects of Nocturia, Falls and multi-morbidity.
- Learn to recognise heart failure in the diagnostic workout of nocturia.
- Better understand how blood pressure and edema can influence nocturnal LUTS and how this can affect the therapy.
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