title: Outflow uropathy: occupational disorder?
abstract: This paper alerts physicians, health care workers, and employers to a probable connection between voluntary, infrequent voiding and urinary dysfunction. The dysfunction includes abnormal uroflow patterns, increased urethral resistance, abnormal post-void residuals, chronic trigonitis, and urethrovesical inflammatory polyps. A review of intermittent uroflow and obstructive uroflow patterns reveals that all females in this study worked long hours without voiding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Omega Institute of Health, Metairie, La., USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bellina
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schenck
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Millet
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Denicola
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016288:Computer Terminals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology*; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014563:Urodynamics