Competency information
Details
Select suitable technology for video urodynamics, urethral pressure profile (UPP) and ambulatory urodynamics, choosing and adapting the appropriate diagnostic technique, patient position, machine settings and transducer for each patient.
Considerations
- Selection of type of catheter and safe practice.
- Factors influencing the choice of technology for urodynamic investigations.
- Clinical indications, contraindications and patient benefit for urodynamic investigations.
- Medication used to treat urological symptoms.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Plan and perform, under appropriate practitioner direction, video urodynamics tests to identify vesico-ureteric reflux, trabeculation, diverticulae and different types of incontinence. |
| # 2 | Outcome Plan and perform ambulatory urodynamic monitoring to investigate patients referred for a range of situations, including indeterminate cystometry or unreproduced symptoms. |
| # 3 | Outcome Plan and perform urethral pressure profile testing, maintaining awareness of the test’s limitations. |