Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Erectile Dysfunction in the Older Patient

Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Erectile Dysfunction in the Older Patient
University of Arizona College of Medicine
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Product ID: 20211

Abstract: 
"Erectile Dysfunction in the Older Patient" is one of a continuing series of practical, evidence based, Provider Fact Sheets which summarize key geriatric topics and provide clinically useful assessments and interventions. Initially developed for remote, rural clinical sites,  they are useful for students and health care professionals from many fields and across a very broad range of health care settings.
Estimated time to complete: 
30 minutes

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Educational objectives: 
Objectives:
1. List medications that are commonly associated with erectile dysfunction
2. State the general contraindication in the use of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors for treatment of erectile dysfunction
3. Identify treatments, other than oral medications, that can be successfully used for treatment of erectile dysfunction
Additional information/Special implementation requirements or guidelines: 
Subscribers to POGOe are free to reprint Elder Care on their own stationery or in other publications without obtaining specific permission, so long as
(1) content is not changed,
(2) no one is charged a fee to use or read the publication,
(3) authors and their affiliated institutions are noted without change, and
(4) the reprint includes the following statement: “Reprinted courtesy of the Arizona Reynolds Program of Applied Geriatrics and the Arizona Geriatric Education Center."
Publications from, presentations from, and/or citations to this product: 
The Elder Care provider sheets are occasionally published in the Arizona Geriatrics Society Journal, which is published twice yearly.

Nelson, D. and Medina-Walpole, A. (2010, December), Elder care provider fact sheets. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(12), 2414-2415. Also available online.
Date posted: 
Wed, 05/14/2008
Date last updated: 
Fri, 12/03/2010
CME credits available: 
No
Has this product been peer reviewed?: 
No
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Learning resource types: 
Other Sponsors: Arizona Center on Aging

Contact person/corresponding author: 
Dr. Barry Weiss (bdweiss@u.arizona.edu)
Authors: 
Dr. Barry Weiss
NLM Citation:
Weiss, B. Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Erectile Dysfunction in the Older Patient. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education; 2008 Available from: http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20211
APA Citation:
Weiss, B. (2008). Elder Care: A Resource for Interprofessional Providers: Erectile Dysfunction in the Older Patient. POGOe - Portal of Geriatric Online Education. Retrieved February 05, 2012 from http://www.pogoe.org/productid/20211