Argument for the use of the potassium sensitivity test in the diagnosis of interstitial cystitis

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 430-431

  Parsons, C Lowell ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

BLADDER EPITHELIUM; BLADDER MUCOSA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; INTERSTITIUM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NOTE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; POTASSIUM METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 27744551745     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-005-1305-6     Document Type: Note

References (4)

1. Parsons CL (2003) Prostatitis, interstitial cystitis, chronic pelvic pain, and urethral syndrome share a common pathophysiology: Lower urinary dysfunctional epithelium and potassium recycling. Urology 62:976-982
2. Parsons CL, Greenberger M, Gabal L, Bidair M, Barme G (1998) The role of urinary potassium in the pathogenesis and diagnosis of interstitial cystitis. J Urol 159:1862-1867 10.1097/00005392-199806000-00021
3. Parsons CL, Dell J, Stanford EJ et al (2002) The prevalence of interstitial cystitis in gynecologic patients with pelvic pain, as detected by intravesical potassium sensitivity. Am J Obstet Gynecol 187:1395-1400
4. Parsons CL, Dell J, Stanford EJ, Bullen M, Kahn BS, Waxell T, Koziol JA (2002) Increased prevalence of interstitial cystitis: Previously unrecognized urologic and gynecologic cases identified using a new symptom questionnaire and intravesical potassium sensitivity. Urology 60:573-578