Competency information
Details
Obtain a clinical history as appropriate for each type of investigation, allowing the patient time to describe symptoms and document full relevant history.
Considerations
- Framework for clinical history taking.
- Normal and abnormal pathology of the lower gastrointestinal system.
- The importance of checking for patient allergies in case they are not already documented, specifically latex and local anaesthetics.
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). |
| # 2 | Outcome Perform rectal digital examination to ensure safe rectal intubation with manometric and ultrasound equipment. |
| # 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. |