Available Online through Research Article www.ijptonline.com ULTRA SOUND SCANNING AND BLADDER URINE MEASUREMENT

Received on 20-11-2014 Accepted on 17-12-2014 This paper focuses to investigate the accuracy of an ultrasound scanner for the measurement of bladder urine volume. In this study using a bladder scanner 100 estimations of bladder volume were made in 75 male and 25 female patients. The instillation volumes of saline instilled into the collapsed unit after saline instillation into the bladder via, cystoscopy were compared with those estimated by a Bladder Scan ultrasound unit after saline instillation into the bladder. The mean volumes of saline instilled via cystoscopy and estimated by the Bladder Scan were 99.55+6.75 and 115.47+8.49 ml, respectively. The intraclass correlation showed a good correlation (rl=0.860, range 0.803-0.899). The results of this study suggest that this ultrasound scanner can serve as a useful tool to measure bladder urine volume with satisfactory accuracy