User's Manual Part 4

Clinical Application FloPoint
®
Elite Uroflow System
page 98 User’s Manual
Figure 33. Measurements Taken From the FloPoint
®
Elite Curve
A. Measurements of the continuous uroflow curve. Average flow rate (not shown) is calculated by
divided total volume voided by flow time. B. Measurements of flow time and voiding time from an
intermittent uroflow curve.
Table 1. Measurements from the FloPoint
®
Elite Curve (see Figure 33)
MEASUREMENTS DEFINITION NORMAL RESULTS
Peak Flow Rate Maximum measured flow
rate excluding dribble-
produced or other spikes.
Depends on age, sex and
voided volume. Rarely
exceeds 40 ml/sec.
Clinical significance is
questionable with
irregular flow patterns.
Average Flow Rate Voided volume divided by
flow time.
Typically is about half of
Peak Flow.
A.
B.