title: [Flow index: a substitute for uroflow nomograms?].
abstract: One hundred and twenty-nine flowmetries from an equal number of male patients with urinary obstructive symptoms have been analyzed, and the data provided by Siroky's nomogram compared to the flow ratios. Flow ratio was considered compatible with obstruction if below 0.80, which in turn correlated to -2 DE in Siroky's nomogram. Agreement between both parameters was noted in 95% cases (p < 0.05). The use of a flow ratio as a substitute for Siroky's nomogram to evaluate urinary obstructive disease would be justified by the easiness of interpretation, since it avoids translation of maximum flow and mean flow data to a plot. Flowmetry should only be considered determinant with clearly obstructive values.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital de Móstoles, Madrid.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mañas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arrizabalaga
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Extramiana
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paniagua
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014524:Urethral Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014556:Urine; D014563:Urodynamics
vernacular_title: Indice de flujo: sustituye a los nomogramas de uroflujo?