Competency information
Details
Select suitable technology for each type of investigation, choosing and adapting the appropriate diagnostic technique, patient position, machine settings and transducer for each patient.
Considerations
- Factors influencing the choice of technology for investigating lower Gastrointestinal symptoms.
- Clinical indications, contraindications and patient benefit for lower gastrointestinal investigations.
- Medication used to treat lower gastrointestinal symptoms.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Continue to perform and produce reports on non-invasive breath tests (hydrogen, methane – if there is a methane analyser available – and urea breath testing). |
| # 3 | Outcome Perform anorectal manometry procedures in patients presenting with a range of conditions, for example obstetric trauma, pre- and post-surgical defaecatory problems, slow transit constipation, obstructive defaecation, neurological disorders. |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform endoanal ultrasound investigations in patients presenting with a range of conditions, including obstetric and surgical trauma, sepsis, fissures, faecal incontinence and obstructive defaecation. |