1. Urodynamic Studies: Types and Indications Benjamin M. Brucker and Victor W. Nitti
2. The 9 “C’s” of Pressure-Flow Urodynamics Kelly C. Johnson and Eric S. Rovner
3. Urodynamics Equipment: Selection and Training Alana M. Murphy and Howard B. Goldman
4. Physician Coding and Reimbursement for Urodynamics David J. Osborn, Denise Gartin, W. Stuart Reynolds and Roger R. Dmochowski
5. Conducting the urodynamic study Ahmed El-Zawahry
6. Artifact recognition and solutions in urodynamics Ross Rames and Lara S. MacLachlan
7. Optimizing the study Lynette E. Franklin
8. Special Considerations in the Pediatric Patient J. Todd Purves and Andrew A. Stec
9. Special Considerations in the Neurogenic Patient Teresa L. Danforth and David Ginsberg
PART II: INTERPRETATION OF TRACINGS
10. The Normal Study Michelle E. Koski and Eric S. Rovner
11. Bladder Filling and Storage: “Capacity” Ariana L. Smith, Mary Y. Wang and Alan J. Wein
12. Bladder Filling and Storage: “Compliance” Elizabeth Timbrook Brown, Kristi L. Hebert and J. Christian Winters
13. Bladder Filling and Storage: “(Coarse) Sensation” Ying H. Jura and Christopher K. Payne
14. Bladder Filling and Storage: (Involuntary) Contractions Chong Choe and Kathleen Kobashi
15. Bladder Filling and Storage: “Continence: Stress Incontinence” Anne M. Suskind and J. Quentin Clemens
16. Bladder Emptying: Contractility Chasta Bacsu, Jack C. Hou and Gary E. Lemack
17. Bladder Emptying: Coordination of bladder and sphincters Cory Harris, Phillip P. Smith and Angelo E. Gousse
18. Bladder Emptying: Complete Emptying Alexander Gomelsky and Melissa R. Kaufman
19. Bladder Emptying: Clinical Bladder Outlet Obstruction Michael E. Albo
PART III: FINAL EXAMINATION: UNKNOWNS
20. Test Tracings: The Final Exam
Appendix: Differential Diagnosis and Pattern Recognition: Causes of commonly encountered patterns on PFUD tracings Eric S. Rovner, Michelle E. Koski and Kelly C. Johnson
Eric S. Rovner, MD Professor of Urology, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Urology, Director, Section of Female Urology, Neurourology and Urodynamics, Charleston, SC, USA
Michelle E. Koski, MD Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Department of Urology, San Marcos, CA, USA
This volume provides practitioners with a practical, easy to read, well organized approach to the performance and analysis of urodynamics in order to optimize their usage clinically. Chapters are structured around specific types of patterns seen on urodynamic tracings. These urodynamic tracings are annotated and fully interpreted by the authors. Multiple examples of each type of tracing are provided with expert commentary. The expert commentary expands on the potential clinical significance of the tracing, provides a differential diagnosis, and, where appropriate, discusses its importance diagnostically, prognostically and the implications for clinical management. The text contains chapters on virtually all the relevant urodynamic findings and clinical conditions seen in practice, including lower urinary tract conditions in both adults and children, neurogenic and non-neurogenic dysfunction, and other commonly seen conditions such as lower urinary tract obstruction, vaginal prolapse, and detrusor overactivity. The material is also presented in a practical manner, with special consideration to the latest national and international guidelines.
Written by authorities in the field, Rapid and Practical Interpretation of Urodynamics is a valuable resource that fills a key gap by providing a systematic method of interpretation of urodynamic tracings in an easy to understand textbook that will benefit urologic trainees and experienced urologists alike.