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Comparison of two catheter withdrawal speeds during simultaneous urethral pressure profilometry in anesthetized
S P Gregory1, P E Holt, T J Parkinson
1Department of Veterinary Surgery, University of Bristol, Langford, Great Britain.
Abstract:
Maximal urethral closure pressure, functional profile length, and number of respiratory peaks on the resting urethral pressure profile, expressed as a percentage of those occurring on the bladder pressure recording, were compared at catheter withdrawal speeds of 1 and 3 mm/s in 30 anesthetized bitches. Significant (P less than 0.001) differences were found in maximal urethral closure pressure and percentage of transmission of respiratory peaks between the 2 speeds. Significant difference was not detected in functional profile length.

