Voiding and LUTS

Question 1

What shape is the bladder?

Answer 1

Balloon shaped

Question 2

What would happen if the bladder was at high pressure?

Answer 2

Hydronephrosis

Question 3

If the bladder is low pressure all the time what would happen?

Answer 3

Incontience

Question 4

What type of control is storage under?

Answer 4

sympathetic

Question 5

What type of control is voiding under?

Answer 5

parasympathetic

Question 6

How many ml can the bladder hold?

Answer 6

400-500ml

Question 7

What is a compliant bladder?

Answer 7

stretches well and pressure does not change

Question 8

What happens to the detrusor during storage?

Answer 8

Relaxes

Question 9

What happens to the urethra and pelvic floor during storage?

Answer 9

Contracts

Question 10

What happens to the detrusor during micturition?

Answer 10

Contracts

Question 11

What happens to the urethra and pelvic floor during micturition?

Answer 11

micturition

Question 12

what are voiding symptoms?

Answer 12

Hesitancy, poor flow, dribbling

Question 13

What are storage symptoms?

Answer 13

Urinary incontinence, urgency, frequency

Question 14

What is BPH?

Answer 14

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Question 15

What hormone is responsible for BPH?

Answer 15

testosterone

Question 16

What is PSA for in the body?

Answer 16

its actually to do with sperm and is a sex hormone

Question 17

What is urodynamics?

Answer 17

study that assesses whether people are voiding correctly and the pressures

Question 18

What are the side effects to anticholinergics?

Answer 18

dry mouth, constipation

Question 19

Why would you use 5 muscarinic subtypes instead of anticholinergics?

Answer 19

If have side effects