Voiding Dysfunction

Question 1

occurs when a woman losses the ability to empty her bladder effortlessly and completely within a limited time frame (usually within 60seconds or less)

Answer 1

Voiding dysfunction

Question 2

can be identified on a uroflow when the voiding time is prolonged, the flow pattern is interrupted or the maximum flow rate is diminished

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Voiding dysfunction

Question 3

Desire to void during bladder filling occurs earlier or is more persistent from that previous experienced (differs from urgency by the fact that micturition can be postponed despite the desire to void)

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Increased bladder sensation

Question 4

Definite desire to void occurs later than that previously experienced, despite an awareness that the bladder is filling

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Reduced bladder sensation

Question 5

Absence of the sensation of bladder filling and a definite desire to void

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Absent bladder sensation

Question 6

Delay in initiating micturition

Answer 6

Hesitancy

Question 7

Need to make intensive effort to initiate, maintain, or improve urinary stream

Answer 7

Straining to void

Question 8

Urinary stream perceived as slower compared to previous performance or in comparison with others

Answer 8

Slow stream

Question 9

Urine flow that stops and starts on one or more occasions during voiding

Answer 9

Intermittency

Question 10

Bladder does not feel empty after micturition

Answer 10

Feeling of incomplete bladder emptying

Question 11

Involuntary passage of urine following the completion of micturition

Answer 11

Post micturition leakage

Question 12

Urine passage is a spray or split rather than a single discrete stream

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Spraying of urinary stream

Question 13

Requiring specific positions to be able to micturate spontaneously or to improve bladder emptying, leaning forward or backward on the toilet seat or voiding in a semi-standing position

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Position-dependent micturition

Question 14

Inability to pass urine despite persistent effort

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Urinary retention

Question 15

sudden and often painful inability to void despite the sensation of a full bladder and desire to urinate

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Acute urinary retention

Question 16

defined as PVR of more than 300 mL persisting for more than 6 months which has been documented in two separate occasions

Answer 16

Chronic urinary retention