OBJECTIVES To evaluate the management of acute urinary retention (AUR) associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in real-life practice. To identify predictors of successful trial without catheter (TWOC). MATERIALS AND METHODS In all, 6074 men catheterized for painful AUR were enrolled in a prospective, cross-sectional survey conducted in public and private urology practices in France...

Introduction: Lower ureteric calculus is usually managed on Medical Expulsive Therapy. These patients require periodic imaging studies to monitor stone position and to assess for hydronephrosis. There is high variability in determining the choice of imaging protocols to observe progression of ureteral calculi for follow up. Widespread use of NCCT KUB for initial diagnosis lead to use of scout v...

The nomenclature of the Adrenoceptors has been agreed by NC-IUPHAR Subcommittee on [64, 194]. Adrenoceptors, α1 three α1-adrenoceptor subtypes α1A, α1B and α1D are activated endogenous agonists (-)-adrenaline (-)-noradrenaline. -(-)phenylephrine, methoxamine cirazoline prazosin doxazosin antagonists considered selective for α1- relative to α2-adrenoceptors. [3H]prazosin [125I]HEAT (BE2254) rela...

We have characterized the pharmacological antagonism, i.e., neutral antagonism or inverse agonism, displayed by a number of a-blockers at two a1-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes, a1aand a1b-AR. Constitutively activating mutations were introduced into the a1a-AR at the position homologous to A293 of the a1b-AR where activating mutations were previously described. Twenty-four a-blockers differin...