Home-monitoring of uroflow in normal male adolescents. Relation between flow-curve, voided volume and time of day. 1988

E U Poulsen, and H J Kirkeby
Department of Urology K, Aarhus Municipal Hospital, Denmark.

Thirteen males, age 25-40 years, without history of voiding dysfunction were investigated with repeated uroflowmetry at their own lavatories to rule out psychological influence of unfamiliar surroundings. The relationship between maximum flow rate (Qmax) and voided volume (VV) was highly reproducible. The best fitting curve was in all instances parabolic, Qmax = a.VVb, but there was a large interindividual variation in the relationship with the index, b, ranging from 0.06 to 0.52. Most of the micturitions showed VV between 125 and 525 ml, and in this interval a linear regression gave the same result concerning the degree of correlation as a parabolic, thus simplifying the calculations. There was no correlation between the maximum rate of increase in flow rate and VV, while time to maximum flow rate and VV were significantly correlated, but none of these parameters offered any advantages compared to Qmax. VV was significantly greater in the morning, while Qmax was greatest in the evening, and a possible explanation is discussed. No difference was found in the normal range for the Qmax/VV relationship compared to traditional investigations carried out in hospital or outpatient clinic. However, bearing in mind the possible influence of psychological factors on micturition in certain groups of patients it is concluded that home-monitoring of uroflowmetry is easily carried out and provides valuable clinical information in selected groups.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008991 Monitoring, Physiologic The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D002940 Circadian Rhythm The regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities, such as sensitivity to drugs or environmental and physiological stimuli. Diurnal Rhythm,Nyctohemeral Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythm,Nycthemeral Rhythm,Circadian Rhythms,Diurnal Rhythms,Nycthemeral Rhythms,Nyctohemeral Rhythms,Rhythm, Circadian,Rhythm, Diurnal,Rhythm, Nycthemeral,Rhythm, Nyctohemeral,Rhythm, Twenty-Four Hour,Rhythms, Circadian,Rhythms, Diurnal,Rhythms, Nycthemeral,Rhythms, Nyctohemeral,Rhythms, Twenty-Four Hour,Twenty Four Hour Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythms
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014554 Urination Discharge of URINE, liquid waste processed by the KIDNEY, from the body. Micturition
D014556 Urine Liquid by-product of excretion produced in the kidneys, temporarily stored in the bladder until discharge through the URETHRA.
D014563 Urodynamics The mechanical laws of fluid dynamics as they apply to urine transport. Urodynamic

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