Erectile Dysfunction Flashcards
1
Q
What are the causes of erectile dysfunction?
A
- 40% vascular
- 30% Diabetes
- 15% medications
- surgery, trauma
2
Q
What are the classifications of erectile dysfunction?
A
- organic
- psychogenic
3
Q
What are important history questions in ED?
A
- onset
- quality of erection
- obtaining vs maintaining erection
- morning erections, self stimulation?
- libido, genital sensation
4
Q
What are some differences between organic vs psychogenic?
A
-organic is gradual onset, occurs in all scenarios, psychogenic is acute and varies based on the situation
5
Q
What physical exams are used?
A
- cardiac, vascular, gential and neurological
- consider DRE
6
Q
What are the risk factors for erectile dysfunction?
A
- Coronary artery disease
- peripheral vascular disease
- HTN
- DM
- smoking
7
Q
What investigations are you going to do?
A
- Fasting blood glucose
- fasting lipid profile
- International index of erectile dysfunction
8
Q
What is the treatment for erectile dysfunction?
A
- treatment of underlying causes
- phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors
