Ultrasound bladder scanner presents falsely elevated postvoid residual volumes

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-164

  Alagiakrishnan, Kannayiram ^a   Valpreda, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POSTVOID RESIDUAL URINE VOLUME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYSTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; OVARIAN CYSTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 60749112092     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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