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Bladder Post Void Residual Volume. StatPearls [Internet]. 2024 Feb 28. DOI: https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK539839\/\r\n\r\n[2] Asimakopoulos AD, De Nunzio C, Kocjancic E, Tubaro A, Rosier PF, Finazzi-Agr\u00f2 E. Measurement of post-void residual urine. Neurourol Urodyn. 2016;35(1):55-7. DOI: 10.1002\/nau.22671\r\n\r\n[3] Kelly CE. Evaluation of voiding dysfunction and measurement of bladder volume. Rev Urol. 2004;6(Suppl 1):S32-7. PMID: 16985853\r\n\r\n[4] Madersbacher S, Pycha A, Schatzl G, Mian C, Klingler CH, Marberger M. The aging lower urinary tract: a comparative urodynamic study of men and women. Urology. 1998;51(2):206-212. DOI: 10.1016\/s0090-4295(97)00616-x. PMID: 9495699.\r\n\r\n[5] Uromed. Residual Urine - The Insidious Danger. 2023. 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Desde el punto de vista cl\u00ednico, la medici\u00f3n del volumen residual posmiccional est\u00e1 indicada en pacientes que presentan s\u00edntomas de disfunci\u00f3n del tracto urinario inferior, como polaquiuria, urgencia, retardo miccional, chorro d\u00e9bil, intermitencia y sensaci\u00f3n de vaciado vesical incompleto.<span class=\"citation\">1<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>La medici\u00f3n del RPM (residuo posmiccional) es especialmente importante en la evaluaci\u00f3n de pacientes con sospecha de obstrucci\u00f3n del tracto de salida vesical, como la hiperplasia benigna de pr\u00f3stata (HBP) en los hombres, o de aquellos con disfunci\u00f3n vesical neur\u00f3gena secundaria a afecciones como la esclerosis m\u00faltiple, la lesi\u00f3n medular o la neuropat\u00eda diab\u00e9tica.<span class=\"citation\">2<\/span> En los hombres con HBP, los vol\u00famenes elevados de RPM pueden indicar la progresi\u00f3n de la enfermedad y ayudar a orientar las decisiones terap\u00e9uticas, aunque en algunos estudios se observa una sorprendente falta de correlaci\u00f3n clara entre el RPM elevado y los episodios de retenci\u00f3n urinaria aguda (RUA).<span class=\"citation\">3<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>En la pr\u00e1ctica cl\u00ednica, la medici\u00f3n del RPM suele realizarse inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de la micci\u00f3n, ya que retrasos de tan solo 10 minutos entre el vaciado vesical y la determinaci\u00f3n del RPM pueden provocar una sobrestimaci\u00f3n cl\u00ednicamente significativa del volumen.<span class=\"citation\">4<\/span> La medici\u00f3n puede obtenerse mediante varios m\u00e9todos, como el sondaje transuretral (considerado el m\u00e9todo de referencia, aunque invasivo), los dispositivos port\u00e1tiles espec\u00edficos de ecograf\u00eda vesical (esc\u00e1neres vesicales) o la ecograf\u00eda vesical formal.<span class=\"citation\">5<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Los vol\u00famenes elevados de orina residual pueden dar lugar a diversas complicaciones si no se tratan, como infecciones 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