2025 AUGS Clinical Meeting-Learn to Love Your Difficult Patients Office Treatments for OAB, Nocturia, and ICBPS

Learn to Love Your Difficult Patients Office Treatments for OAB, Nocturia, and ICBPS

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Video Summary

The conference in Nashville, led by Miles Murphy and Roger Goldberg, focuses on both non-surgical and surgical aspects of medical care, emphasizing conditions affecting bladder function, like overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) and female bladder pain syndrome (FBPS), previously known as interstitial cystitis. The discussion highlighted diagnostic methods and various treatment strategies for OAB, which includes behavioral interventions, medications, and advanced therapies. Non-surgical strategies such as bladder training and diet modification are emphasized, along with second-line therapies like medications (anticholinergics and beta-agonists) for managing symptoms. The session also touched upon nocturia, particularly nocturnal polyuria, offering strategies like fluid restriction and medical interventions. For FBPS, the conversation focused on the importance of accurate diagnosis through symptom assessment and cystoscopy, treating the condition with behavior changes, oral medications like Elmiron, and therapies such as the tricyclic antidepressants and antihistamines. The significance of patient education and setting expectations for improving life quality was emphasized, with novel studies supporting therapies like mind-body interventions through meditation and yoga being highlighted as promising for symptom alleviation.

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Simple algorithms for diagnosing and treating difficult conditions in the office will be covered.

Speaker - Miles Murphy, MD, MSPH

Keywords

Nashville conference

bladder function

overactive bladder syndrome

female bladder pain syndrome

treatment strategies

patient education

mind-body interventions