'Simultaneous' urethral pressure profilometry: variations in intravesical pressure with respiration.
Pressure changes in the urinary bladder due to respiration were measured in 75 bitches. The changes fell within a narrow range (0.5 to 2.5 cm water) and were unaffected by size or whether the bitches were entire or spayed. Significant differences were found, however, between continent (mean +/- SD, 1.1 +/- 0.4 cm water) and incontinent (mean +/- SD, 1.4 +/- 0.5 cm water) animals (P less than 0.01).
Department of Veterinary Surgery, Langford House, Bristol.
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D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D011312:Pressure; D012119:Respiration; D014521:Urethra / Q000502:physiology*; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000502:physiology*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary