University of the West of England, Coldharbour Ln, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, UK.
Bristol Urological Institute, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
Neurourol Urodyn. 2018 Nov;37(8):2938-2944. doi: 10.1002/nau.23743. Epub 2018 Jun 26.
To review the descriptors and definitions of urine flow rate curve shape with a view to promoting greater clarity and to propose standard terms METHODS: A search was made in the PubMed and ICS standardization documents on urine flow rate curve shape.
The flow shape descriptors and their definitions are summarized and presented. "Normal" was widely used for describing a bell-shaped flow curve, and "plateau" was mostly used where the ICS describe "constrictive" flow shape. The use of shape descriptors "fluctuating," "compressive," "tower-shaped," and "intermittent" varied in the literature.
This survey provides an overview of flow shape descriptors and their definitions. We suggest it is clearer to use only descriptors that describe shape alone, that is, normal, fluctuating, intermittent, and plateau, with comments on symmetry and Q .
回顾尿流率曲线形状的描述符和定义，以期提高清晰度，并提出标准术语。
在 PubMed 和国际尿控协会（ICS）标准化文件中对尿流率曲线形状进行了检索。
总结并呈现了流型描述符及其定义。“正常”被广泛用于描述钟形流曲线，而“平台”则主要用于 ICS 描述“狭窄”流型。在文献中，形状描述符“波动”、“压缩”、“塔形”和“间歇性”的使用存在差异。
本调查提供了流型描述符及其定义的概述。我们建议，仅使用描述形状的描述符更清晰，即正常、波动、间歇性和平台，并对对称性和 Q 进行注释。
