Accuracy of post‐void residual urine volume measurement using a portable ultrasound bladder scanner with real‐time pre‐scan imaging

Abstract

Our results showed that exact pointing to the bladder prior to actual measurement of bladder volume with RPI seems to reduce the variability of the measured values.

Natural history of post‐void residual urine volume over 5 years in community‐dwelling older men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project

“…PVR was measured with a portable ultrasound scanner rather than by urinary catheterization which was too invasive for a population‐based study of mostly asymptomatic participants. In any case, measurement of PVR using portable scanners has a good correlation with drainage by catheterization ( r = 0.93) . With regards to the recording of adverse events during follow‐up, urinary retention or UTI that did not require hospitalization or temporary catheterization would have been missed.…”

Measurement of post‐void residual urine

“…Recently, in an aim to improve accuracy, a portable ultrasound bladder scanner equipped with an additional real‐time pre‐scan imaging (RPI) has been introduced. It seems to be able to enhance accuracy, as it can provide examiners with pre‐localization of the central target point as well as information on the shape of the bladder prior to actual scanning, reducing the variability of the measured values …”

Falsely Elevated Postvoid Residual Urine Volume in Uterine Myoma

“…Accurate measurement of postvoid residual (PVR) volume is important when assessing patients with voiding dysfunction, particularly patients with neurogenic bladder caused by cerebral infarction or spinal cord injury, or in patients with iatrogenic bladder injury [12]. Bladder scanning and urinary catheterization are the two main procedures for assessing PVR [3].…”