Validation of the ethanol breath test and on-table weighing to measure irrigating fluid absorption during transurethral prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 872-875

  Shipstone, D P ^b,d   Inman, R D ^c   Beacock, C J M ^a   Coppinger, S W V ^a  

^a ROYAL SHREWSBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethanol breath test; Irrigant absorption; TUR syndrome; TURP; Weighing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLYCINE; SOLVENT;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIQUID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; BLEEDING; LAVAGE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATE DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSORPTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BODY WEIGHT; BREATH TESTS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATIC DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF PROSTATE;

EID: 0036884337     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.03038.x     Document Type: Article

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