Assessment of urinary symptoms in early pregnancy.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the correlation between lower urinary tract symptoms and urodynamic findings in early pregnancy.


METHODS
The termination clinic and gynaecology ward at King's College Hospital.


METHODS
Observational study.


METHODS
47 women before termination of pregnancy at between 6 and 15 weeks.


METHODS
Women filled in symptom questionnaires and then had urodynamic investigations, consisting of uroflowmetry and subtracted provoked cystometry.


METHODS
The occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms and their association with urodynamic findings.


RESULTS
Lower urinary tract symptoms were fairly common but there was poor correlation with the urodynamic findings.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings suggest that lower urinary tract symptomatology alone is insufficient to study lower urinary tract dysfunction in pregnancy.
Cutner
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King's College Hospital, London.
Cardozo
L D
LD
Benness
C J
CJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology; D014554:Urination; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014563:Urodynamics