Urologic Diseases (Urinary Tract Disease)

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395 relevant articles (19 outcomes, 28 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Pathological processes of the URINARY TRACT in both males and females.

Also Known As:

Urinary Tract Disease; Urological Diseases; Disease, Urinary Tract; Disease, Urologic; Disease, Urological; Diseases, Urinary Tract; Diseases, Urologic; Diseases, Urological; Urologic Disease; Urological Disease; Urinary Tract Diseases

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Disease Context: Research Results

Male Urogenital Diseases

Urologic Diseases: 395

Urinary Tract Infections: 7072

Kidney Diseases: 5158

Urolithiasis: 1849

Urinary Bladder Diseases: 80

Urination Disorders: 50

Urethral Diseases: 8

Ureteral Diseases: 7

Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications

Female Urogenital Diseases

Urologic Diseases: 395

Urinary Tract Infections: 7072

Kidney Diseases: 5158

Urolithiasis: 1849

Urinary Bladder Diseases: 80

Urination Disorders: 50

Urethral Diseases: 8

Ureteral Diseases: 7

Related Diseases

1.	Urinary Bladder Neoplasms (Bladder Cancer)
2.	Urinary Tract Infections (Urinary Tract Infection)
3.	Hematuria
4.	Kidney Calculi (Kidney Stone)
5.	Fibrosis (Cirrhosis)

Experts

1.	Moyad, Mark A: 6 articles (04/2007 - 04/2006)
2.	Merrick, Gregory S: 5 articles (04/2007 - 04/2006)
3.	Koeneman, Kenneth S: 1 article (01/2008)
4.	Yan, Junan: 1 article (01/2008)
5.	Li, Weibing: 1 article (01/2008)
6.	Song, Caiping: 1 article (01/2008)
7.	Li, Longkun: 1 article (01/2008)
8.	Song, Bo: 1 article (01/2008)
9.	Li, Yingming: 1 article (01/2008)
10.	Hao, Ping: 1 article (01/2008)

Drugs and Biologics

Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Urologic Diseases:

1.	Amitriptyline (Elavil)FDA LinkGeneric 06/01/2003 - "The short-term clinical efficacy of amitriptyline in the management of idiopathic feline lower urinary tract disease: a controlled clinical study." 03/15/2003 - "Randomized controlled trial of the efficacy of short-term amitriptyline administration for treatment of acute, nonobstructive, idiopathic lower urinary tract disease in cats." 06/01/2003 - "In a controlled study, the effects of amitriptyline compared with that of a placebo in cats suffering from idiopathic Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD) have been investigated. " 03/15/2003 - "OBJECTIVE: To determine whether short-term amitriptyline administration would be efficacious in the treatment of acute, nonobstructive, idiopathic lower urinary tract disease in cats. " 03/15/2003 - "CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results suggest that short-term amitriptyline treatment has no benefit in terms of resolution of pollakiuria and hematuria in cats with idiopathic lower urinary tract disease and may be associated with an increased risk of recurrence." Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	CreatinineIBA 01/01/1995 - "MATERIALS AND METHODS: Urine samples were obtained from 143 adult patients comprising 60 control subjects with no evidence of urinary tract disease and 83 patients with serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dL. " 01/01/1989 - "It is concluded that "imaging" of the urinary tract is only indicated in cases of haematuria, elevated creatinine, history of renal calculous disease and other clinical suspicion of upper urinary tract disease. " 06/01/1988 - "[Enzymuria and creatinine clearance in the clinico-laboratory evaluation of kidney damage in urological disease]" 02/01/2005 - "The patients with bladder cancer had significantly greater levels of BTF and the BTF/CREA ratio than did the healthy subjects (P <0.001) and, in the case of BTF without correcting for creatinine, than did the patients with benign urologic disease (P <0.05). " 09/01/2007 - "METHODS: Urinary CA19-9 and DU-PAN-2 levels were measured as units per mg creatinine (U/mg Cr) in 121 patients with bladder cancer and in 31 patients with other urologic diseases. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	AntigensIBA 09/30/1977 - "[Indirect hemagglutination against polyvalent colibacillary antigen in urinary tract diseases]" 11/19/1971 - "coli antigen in urinary tract diseases]" 08/01/2001 - "Bladder cancer antigen had the least false-positive results in patients with a history of bladder cancer and negative cystoscopy, and those with urological disease other than bladder cancer. " 03/01/2002 - "CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Although this bladder tumor antigen test was sensitive for differentiating dogs with malignancies of the lower urinary tract from dogs without urinary tract disease, it was not specific for differentiating dogs with neoplasia from dogs with other lower urinary tract abnormalities. " 04/01/1999 - "MATERIALS AND METHODS: Urinary bladder cancer antigen was measured in urine from 86 patients with active transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder (group 1), 76 patients free of transitional cell carcinoma as confirmed by cystoscopy at followup (group 2), 25 patients with other benign urological diseases (group 3), 25 patients with other malignant pathological conditions (group 4) and 30 healthy subjects free of urological diseases (group 5). " Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Gentamicins (Gentamicin)FDA LinkGeneric 03/01/1976 - "1. Gentamicin was effective in 20 patients out of 25 with urological diseases. " 09/01/1978 - "[Use of gentamicin sulfate in treating urologic diseases]" 03/01/1976 - "[Clinical experiment of gentamicin in patients with urological diseases (author's transl)]" 04/01/1984 - "58.0 and 90.3 per cent of the strains isolated from patients with intestinal infections, 66.6 and 100 per cent of the strains isolated from patients with otitis, 33.3 and 66.6 per cent of the strains isolated from patients with bronchopulmonary affections and 100 and 100 per cent of the strains isolated from patients with urological diseases were resistant to gentamicin and carbenicillin, respectively. " 02/01/1978 - "Children suffering from urological diseases showed a slower excretion of gentamicin, even when creatinine and urea concentrations in serum were not elevated. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	nuclear matrix protein 22IBA 01/01/2006 - "BTA TRAK, BTA stat, NMP22, and NMP22 BladderChek assays are limited by false-positive results in patients with benign urological diseases such as hematuria, urocystitis, renal calculi or urinary tract infections. " 09/14/2005 - "METHODS: We detect VUC, BTAstat, NMP22, HA, Survivin, CD44v6, VEGF in the urine of 10 normal case (healthy volunteers), 11 benign urological diseases patients and 52 bladder cancer patients. " 01/01/2003 - "Following the recommendations of the European Group on Tumor Markers we used 95% specificity for benign urological diseases and urinary tract infections, which resulted in a sensitivity of 17% for active bladder cancer for the BTA-TRAK assay and 31% for NMP22. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
6.	Prazosin (Minipress)FDA LinkGeneric 07/01/1993 - "We conclude that Prazosin is an alpha-blocker useful in early prostate disorders and when no obstructive urological disease is present." 07/01/1995 - "These results indicate that dantrolene and prazosin may be effective in relaxing intraurethral skeletal and smooth musculature in male cats clinically afflicted with obstructive lower urinary tract disease. " 07/01/1995 - "The effects of the skeletal muscle-relaxing drug dantrolene sodium alone, and in combination with the alpha 1-adrenergic antagonist prazosin, on the urethral pressure profile were investigated in male cats with obstructive lower urinary tract disease. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
7.	Fibronectins (Fibronectin)IBA 03/01/1980 - "The assay does not seem to give false positive results, inasmuch as evaluation of 16 patients with benign urologic disease showed urinary fibronectin levels in the same range as those found in healthy controls. " 09/01/1993 - "The levels of fibronectin in urine from 106 patients with urinary bladder cancer, from 13 patients with benign urological disease and from 24 healthy control individuals were determined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). " 03/01/1980 - "The levels of fibronectin in urine from patients with prostatic cancer, from patients with benign urologic disease, and from healthy control individuals were determined by the use of a gelatin affinity chromatography procedure. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
8.	Dantrolene (Dantrium)FDA LinkGeneric 07/01/1995 - "These results indicate that dantrolene and prazosin may be effective in relaxing intraurethral skeletal and smooth musculature in male cats clinically afflicted with obstructive lower urinary tract disease. " 07/01/1995 - "The effects of the skeletal muscle-relaxing drug dantrolene sodium alone, and in combination with the alpha 1-adrenergic antagonist prazosin, on the urethral pressure profile were investigated in male cats with obstructive lower urinary tract disease. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
9.	Cinoxacin (Cinobac)FDA Link 08/01/1980 - "It is concluded that cinoxacin will be useful in the treatment of urinary tract disease because of the high urinary antibacterial activity produced. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
10.	BariumIBA 07/01/2008 - "The colonoscopy and RX barium enema are gold standard for instrumental diagnosis; the vaginography is diriment, urography excludes urological diseases. " Order ALL the reference details at left...

Therapies and Procedures

1.	Kidney Transplantation 01/01/2006 - "The study group (30 patients) consisted of 9 children (30%) undergoing renal transplantation with an underlying urological disease and 21 (70%) with an underlying nephrological disease. " 04/01/2008 - "CONCLUSION: Long-term renal transplantation survivors show high prevalences of treatable urologic diseases. " 01/01/1993 - " The VCUG is not essential for the preparation of potential recipients for renal transplantation and should be utilized selectively in individuals with a history of urologic disease or when urinary tract abnormalities are identified by physical examination or an abnormal urine analysis." 04/01/1991 - "Group 1 consisted of 50 renal transplantations performed in 41 children in whom the primary urological disease was PUV. " 01/01/2008 - "However, our data suggested that renal transplantation is a safe and effective treatment modality, if the underlying urologic diseases properly managed during the transplantation course. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
2.	Nephrectomy 01/01/2009 - "Laparoscopic procedures for urological diseases in children, such as nephrectomy, pyeloplasty and orchiopexy, have proven to be safe and effective with outcome comparable to the open procedure. " 01/01/1999 - "The last decade marks the introduction of laparoscopic nephrectomy (RV Clayman et al, 1991, AD Joce et al, 1992, JJ Rassweller et al, 1993, Sy Nakada et al, 1996, CC Abbou et al, 1998) which is a safe procedure even in patients with malignant renal pathology and adequately selected cases presenting various urological diseases." 12/01/1986 - "Twenty-six normotensive patients, who underwent unilateral nephrectomy for nontumoral urological diseases, were reevaluated. " 01/19/2005 - "METHODS: Forty-five patients with urologic diseases underwent hand-assisted laparoscopic renal surgery: radical nephrectomy was performed on 23 cases, simple nephrectomy on 9 cases, nephroureterectomy on 8 cases, excision of cysts of kidney on 3 cases, partial nephrectomy on 1 case, and upper pole heminephrectomy in duplex kidney on 1 case. " 05/01/1995 - "In 1990s, as a new endourologic procedure, laparoscopic operations are being increasingly applied to the treatment of urological diseases; for example, laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy, laparoscopic varicocelectomy, laparoscopic exploration of non-palpable testis, laparoscopic nephrectomy, and laparoscopic adrenalectomy etc. Of the variety of treatment modalities available, the most effective and least invasive method should be selected appropriately. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
3.	Urinary Diversion (Ileal Conduit) 05/01/2004 - "ANIMALS: Eleven male cats with obstructive lower urinary tract disease that could not be relieved, and requiring a surgical urinary diversion, were selected for TPU. " 05/01/2004 - "TPU may also be considered as a possible primary urinary diversion solution (an alternative to perineal urethrostomy) for obstructive lower urinary tract disease in cats." 01/01/1989 - "Although cutaneous urinary diversion will continue to have a place in some urological diseases, some patients may benefit from an undiversion. " 10/01/1975 - "We tried to reconstruct partly or completely the urinary tract in nine patients who underwent, some years before, attempts at urinary diversion, for severe urinary tract diseases, using the intestine as an ureteral or a bladder subtitute. " 11/01/1997 - "Innovative urologic reconstructive surgery using enteric segments for both continent and incontinent urinary diversions has permitted this therapeutic modality to be offered to the recipient with lower urinary tract disease not previously amenable to renal transplantation. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
4.	Transplantation (Transplant Recipients) 02/27/1994 - "Of these recipients 44% had complex congenital urologic disease and required urologic surgery prior to or at the time of transplantation. " 01/01/2008 - "However, our data suggested that renal transplantation is a safe and effective treatment modality, if the underlying urologic diseases properly managed during the transplantation course. " 02/01/2005 - "Between January 1986 and January 2001, 281 patients underwent renal transplantation, and 23 urologic surgical procedures were performed on 21 transplant recipients before or after renal transplantation because of de novo urologic diseases. " 12/01/1985 - "These areas are renal transplantation in the very young child and transplantation in children with renal failure secondary to urologic disease." 08/01/1994 - "NIKUD should be organized so that its activities address issues in pediatric and adult kidney and urologic diseases, including renal failure, transplantation, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, incontinence, sexual dysfunction and male reproduction. " Order ALL the reference details at left...
5.	Lasers (Laser) 12/01/2005 - "With the advent of sophisticated techniques for the endo-urologic management of many benign urologic diseases of the upper tract, there has been growing enthusiasm for the application of these same techniques in the management of upper tract TCC, which is also supported by recent advances in the development of small calibre telescopes with improved optics and the development of small calibre adjunctive instruments and laser fibers. " 01/01/2006 - "There has been renewed interest in the use of lasers for minimally invasive treatment of urologic diseases in recent years. " 02/01/1998 - "OBJECTIVE: To review the physics related to the holmium laser, its laser-tissue interactions, and its application to the treatment of urological diseases. " 04/01/1995 - "In conclusion, laser technology, especially fibers, has currently reached an important phase of development with applications for urological disease, essentially in the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy in order to reduce the morbidity of classical endoscopic resection. " 09/01/1981 - "[Experience with argon laser in urological diseases (author's transl)]" Order ALL the reference details at left...

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