Micturition and uroflowmetric analysis of adult females

Voiding parameters on the Uroflow Diagnostic Interpretation (UDI) were analysed in relation to the voided volume in 58 micturitions of 36 healthy adult females. The maximum flow rate (Qmax) and the mean flow rate during central 90% of the voided volume (QM90) increased linearly up to the voided volume of 400 ml. The voiding time (T100) took a value within a certain range independently of the voided volume from 100 to 400 ml and never exceeded 21 seconds in all micturitions. Voiding time for the central 90% of the voided volume (T90), time to Qmax (TQmax) and time from Qmax to 95% of the voided volume (Tdesc) were independent of the volume voided. The maximum rate of increase of flow rate (dQ/dT max) and the estimated bladder wall contraction velocity at 40 ml bladder contents (dL/dT 40) showed a tendency to increase depending on the volume voided. T100 showed a prolongation in 84.0% of 25 micturitions in 20 neurogenic bladder patients and in 66.7% of 27 in 21 chronic cystitis patients, always accompanied by a prolongation of T90. No other parameters were clearly different between healthy women and patients and/or between the two groups of patients. Voiding time is a useful parameter representing female micturition.