Integrated care pathways: the way forward for continence services?
The implementation of integrated care pathways enables a more efficient service provision for patients with incontinence problems. Thirty-five percent of women attending gynaecology outpatient department with incontinence problems could be effectively managed by urogynaecology specialist nurses.
These findings indicate that aldosterone/salt-induced renal injury and fibrosis has inflammatory components involving macrophage infiltration and cytokine up-regulation. Attenuation of renal damage and inflammation by eplerenone supports the protective effects of aldosterone blockade in hypertensive renal disease.