Estandarización y control de calidad en los estudios urodinámicos

Abstract

The main purpose of urodynamic studies is to reproduce the patient’s symptoms and correlate them with the findings in the examination, so that we can answer the specific question that motivated it. Its success depends on a careful tuning of equipment and strict quality control over each of the procedures. In this article we refer to standards and best practices for measurement and quality control of uroflowmetry, filling cystometry and voiding cystometry (pressure-flow study), following the nomenclature and suggestions of the International Continence Society (ICS). This organization recommends a careful and continuous observation of the signals as they are obtained and an ongoing assessment of the credibility of them, so as to avoid artifacts which must be corrected immediately, as it is always difficult and often impossible to correct them retrospectively. Only in this way can we achieve our goal.