A 62-year-old man presents to his primary care physician with a 3-month history of increasing urinary frequency without burning and nocturia 3 times each evening. He has limited his fluid consumption and caffeine intake in the evening without much benefit. There is no personal or family history of prostate cancer. Examination demonstrates no suprapubic mass or tenderness. A rectal examination demonstrates normal rectal tone and a moderately enlarged prostate without nodules or tenderness. 1. Give 1 primary diagnosis with rationale and 3 differential diagnoses and rationale. (2 points) 2. What screening tool will you used? What is the significance of PSA? (3 points) 2. Give the nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic treatment of your primary diagnosis. What are the precautions of your pharmacologic treatment? (3 points) 3. Two references not more than 5 years old. One reference should be from the course reference books and the other is from a peer reviewed journal or guidelines. Respond to one classmate using evidence-based reference (peer reviewed journal or guidelines). (2 points)
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