Full Description
This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable practical resource for clinicians with an interest in conducting urodynamics. The book reviews new data about the indications, conduct and interpretation of various aspects of urodynamic testing. With an emphasis on clinical urodynamics, it is arranged into sections that correspond with the basic elements of urodynamic testing; noninvasive urodynamics (uroflow and post void residual), cystometrogram, storage studies (leak point pressures, stability, compliance and capacity) and voiding phases (pressure flow study). Other testing modalities that are discussed include EMG testing, fluoroscopy, and provocative maneuvers.
Practical Urodynamics for the Clinician will serve as a very useful and practical resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, this complex physiologic testing tool. It will provide a concise yet comprehensive summary of the field that will help guide the selection of patients for the study, preparation of the patient, the conduct of the study and finally the interpretation of the urodynamics evaluation.
Contents
The Basic Science Behind Practical/Clinical Urodynamics Analysis.- Urodynamics Equipment: What the Clinician Needs to Know to Set Up the Lab.- The Clinical Evaluation of the Patient Who Requires Urodynamics.- Noninvasive Urodynamics.- The Cystometrogram.- The Pressure Flow Study.- The EMG.- The Use of Fluoroscopy.- Putting it All Together: Practical Advice on Clinical Urodynamics.- Nomograms.- Ambulatory Urodynamics.- Bedside Urodynamics.- Practical Urodynamics in Children.
