title: Comparison of two catheter withdrawal speeds during simultaneous urethral pressure profilometry in anesthetized bitches.
abstract: Maximal urethral closure pressure, functional profile length, and number of respiratory peaks on the resting urethral pressure profile, expressed as a percentage of those occurring on the bladder pressure recording, were compared at catheter withdrawal speeds of 1 and 3 mm/s in 30 anesthetized bitches. Significant (P less than 0.001) differences were found in maximal urethral closure pressure and percentage of transmission of respiratory peaks between the 2 speeds. Significant difference was not detected in functional profile length.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Bristol, Langford, Great Britain.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gregory
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Parkinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007044:Hysterectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000662:veterinary; D011312:Pressure; D012016:Reference Values; D012119:Respiration; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000662:veterinary*