Summary
This course:
- Defined UI according to the AHCPR.
- Estimated the prevalence and cost of UI.
- Reviewed the literature and research of UI in elderly patients.
- Differentiated between sudden onset and
chronic UI.
- Identified the characteristics of 6 types
of UI.
- Recognized history, lab tests, and
physical exam pertinent to UI.
- Described how a health professional may
individualize treatment/service plans for elderly
patients in different levels of care.
- Identified when basic evaluation is not
sufficient, and to whom patient should be referred.
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