Competency information
Details
Obtain a clinical history as appropriate from patients referred for video urodynamics, UPP and ambulatory urodynamics.
Considerations
- Framework for clinical history taking.
- Normal and abnormal pathology of the urinary system.
- Importance and principles of the management of cessation of medication prior to investigation.
- Effects of commonly used medications on the lower urinary tract.
- Indications and contraindications for video urodynamics, UPP and ambulatory urodynamics.
- Typical conditions for which patients are referred for advanced urodynamic studies, including spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, stroke, head injury, Parkinson’s disease, and their effect on the urinary tract.
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. |