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Current state and future considerations for home uroflowmetry

Nature Reviews Urology volume 20, pages 515–516 (2023)Cite this article

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Clinic-based uroflowmetry is limited by a short window of data collection and inefficient data transmission. Obtaining uroflowmetry data in the home setting has the potential for increased data on voiding patterns to inform clinical decision-making. However, integration of this practice depends on optimizing technology and data management.

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Fig. 1: Architecture of home uroflowmetry as a mobile patient monitoring system.

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  1. Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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  2. Division of Pediatric Urology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Stephen A. Zderic

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S.A.Z. is a cofounder of and scientific adviser to UroGenie with funding from NIH SBIR R44 DK127835. Z.S.G. declares no competing interests.

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Gan, Z.S., Zderic, S.A. Current state and future considerations for home uroflowmetry. Nat Rev Urol 20, 515–516 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-023-00785-4

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