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A practical guide to diagnosis, management and treatment of testosterone deficiency for Canadian physicians
Author(s) -
Álvaro Morales,
Anthony J Bella,
Samuel Chun,
Jay Lee,
Peter Assimakopoulos,
Richard A. Bebb,
I. S. Gottesman,
Pierre Alarie,
Hélène Dugré,
Stacy Elliott
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
canadian urological association journal
Language(s) - French
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1920-1214
pISSN - 1911-6470
DOI - 10.5489/cuaj.880
Subject(s) - testosterone (patch) , medicine , sexual function , metabolic syndrome , osteoporosis , multidisciplinary approach , sarcopenia , diabetes mellitus , disease , erectile dysfunction , family medicine , intensive care medicine , gerontology , endocrinology , social science , sociology
The percentage of men receiving appropriate management fortestosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) is small in comparisonto prevalence estimates. This is despite linkages to cardiovasculardisease, osteoporosis, diabetes, sexual function, sarcopenia, emotionalwell-being and the metabolic syndrome. Furthermore, theavailability of guidelines has not significantly enhanced the care ofTDS patients. A multidisciplinary group of medical experts soughtto improve the management of testosterone-deficient patients byCanadian physicians. This report describes their conclusions anddefines an algorithm for appropriate TDS management.Le pourcentage d’hommes recevant une prise en charge appropriéepour un syndrome de carence en testostérone est faible en comparaisonavec les taux de prévalence évalués, et ce, malgré le lienentre ce syndrome et les maladies cardiovasculaires, l’ostéoporose,le diabète, la fonction sexuelle, la sarcopénie, le bien-être émotionnelet le syndrome métabolique. Par ailleurs, la publicationde guides de pratique n’a pas amélioré de façon significativeles soins offerts aux patients atteints du syndrome de carence entestostérone. Une équipe multidisciplinaire de médecins a tentéd’améliorer la prise en charge des patients atteints de ce syndromepar les médecins canadiens. Le présent rapport décrit leurs conclusionset propose un algorithme de prise en charge.

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