Quality control in urodynamics: A review of urodynamic traces from one centre

BJU International

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-207

  Sullivan, J ^a,b   Lewis, P ^a   Howell, S ^a   Williams, T ^a   Shepherd, A M ^a   Abrams, P ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Baseline pressures; Cough signal; Quality control; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE PLUS SODIUM DIATRIZOATE; UROGRAFIN 150;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DATA ANALYSIS; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICTURITION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; TECHNIQUE; URODYNAMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037326434     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04054.x     Document Type: Article

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