Measurement of bladder compliance can be standardized by a dimensionless number: Theoretical perspective

BJU International

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 895-897

  Wahl, Edward F ^a,c   Lerman, Steven E ^a   Lahdes Vasama, Tuija T ^b   Churchill, Bernard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliance; Detrusor compliance; Normalization; Paediatrics; Standardization; Urodynamic cystometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER FILLING; BLADDER PRESSURE; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 8144220451     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2004.05054.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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