Dysuria with a Negative Urine Culture or When is a UTI not a UTI?
Dysuria with a Negative Urine Culture or When is a UTI not a UTI?
Dysuria with a Negative Urine Culture or When is a UTI not a UTI?
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D<strong>is</strong>tingu<strong>is</strong>hing stress from urge<br />
• H<strong>is</strong>t<strong>or</strong>y: frequency, dysuria, nocturia, onset,<br />
course, ppts, meds, pri<strong>or</strong> rx, volume lost<br />
• PE: prolapse, estrogen deficiency<br />
• Cough test<br />
– Immediate leakage : failure of sphincter action<br />
– delayed leakage that <strong>is</strong> difficult to stop: coughinduced<br />
uninhibited detrus<strong>or</strong> contraction