Book contents
- Manual of Urodynamics for Gynaecologists
- Additional material
- Manual of Urodynamics for Gynaecologists
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Preface to Urodynamics Illustrated
- Chapter 1 Pre-test Assessment of Urinary Dysfunction, Using Patient-Centred Questionnaires
- Chapter 2 The Assessment of Women with Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction, Using Bladder Diaries
- Chapter 3 Pad Testing in the Assessment of Urinary Incontinence in Women
- Chapter 4 Setting Up the Urodynamic Equipment
- Chapter 5 Urodynamic Flow Rate Testing
- Chapter 6 The Cystometrogram
- Chapter 7 Videocystourethrography
- Chapter 8 Ambulatory Urodynamic Monitoring
- Chapter 9 Urodynamic Artefacts
- Chapter 10 The Assessment of Urethral Function
- Chapter 11 Urodynamics in the Neurological Patient
- Chapter 12 Urodynamic Terminology
- Index
- References
Chapter 3 - Pad Testing in the Assessment of Urinary Incontinence in Women
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 April 2020
Book contents
- Manual of Urodynamics for Gynaecologists
- Additional material
- Manual of Urodynamics for Gynaecologists
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Preface to Urodynamics Illustrated
- Chapter 1 Pre-test Assessment of Urinary Dysfunction, Using Patient-Centred Questionnaires
- Chapter 2 The Assessment of Women with Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction, Using Bladder Diaries
- Chapter 3 Pad Testing in the Assessment of Urinary Incontinence in Women
- Chapter 4 Setting Up the Urodynamic Equipment
- Chapter 5 Urodynamic Flow Rate Testing
- Chapter 6 The Cystometrogram
- Chapter 7 Videocystourethrography
- Chapter 8 Ambulatory Urodynamic Monitoring
- Chapter 9 Urodynamic Artefacts
- Chapter 10 The Assessment of Urethral Function
- Chapter 11 Urodynamics in the Neurological Patient
- Chapter 12 Urodynamic Terminology
- Index
- References
Summary
Pad testing, most often used as an objective assessment of urinary incontinence, involves the use of pre-weighed continence pads to capture urinary leakage over a period of time. On completion of the tests, the pads are then weighed to calculate the amount of leakage.
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- Manual of Urodynamics for Gynaecologists , pp. 14 - 18Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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