ASSESSMENT OF URINARY SYMPTOMS IN EARLY-PREGNANCY

Objectives-To determine the correlation between lower urinary tract symptoms and urodynamic findings in early pregnancy. Setting-The termination clinic and gynaecology ward at King's College Hospital. Design-Observational study. Subjects-47 women before termination of pregnancy at between 6 and 15 weeks. Interventions-Women filled in symptom questionnaires and then had urodynamic investigations, consisting of uroflowmetry and subtracted provoked cystometry. Main outcome measures-The occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms and their association with urodynamic findings. Results-Lower urinary tract symptoms were fairly common but there was poor correlation with the urodynamic findings. Conclusions-The findings suggest that lower urinary tract symptomatology alone is insufficient to study lower urinary tract dysfunction in pregnancy.