Vaginal discharge as a confounding factor in the diagnosis of urinary incontinence by perineal pad testing

Autor: M. Cathleen McCoy, Grace M. Couchman, L. Lewis Wall
Rok vydání: 1991
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Zdroj: International Urogynecology Journal. 2:219-221
ISSN: 1433-3023
0937-3462
DOI: 10.1007/bf01923391
Popis: A weight gain of 1.0 g or more on a 1-hour perineal pad-weighing test is often taken as diagnostic of urinary incontinence. Sixteen women with symptomatic vaginal discharges underwent a modified 1-hour pad-weighing test to determine how much weight gain on such a test could be attributed to this condition. The average pad-weight gain was 0.7 g (range 0.1 g–2.4 g). Three patients had pad-weight changes greater than 1.0 g. The results suggest that although the amount of pad-weight attributable to symptomatic vaginal discharge is generally small, it nonetheless may contribute significantly to pad-weight gain on perineal pad-weighing tests in some patients. If such tests are used as the sole criterion for diagnosing incontinence, some patients may run the risk of unnecessary and unwarranted treatment for a condition they do not have.
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