LABORIE Nexam Pro WPU-L4 User Manual page 64

▪ Insert the abdominal catheter in the rectum or the vagina.
▪ Remove the cap from the abdominal catheter. Be sure that no moisture is
getting into the catheter.
▪ Connect the abdominal catheter to the blue (P
(tighten securely!). Be sure to connect in the OPEN position.
▪ Let the patient cough to get any of the access air out before charging the
catheters.
Figure 3.8 Connect catheter to pressure transducer in OPEN position
▪ Press the Zero all
▪ Charge the catheters.
Figure 3.9 Charge catheters
▪ Fix the abdominal catheter.
▪ Withdraw the catheter and locate the urethral pressure sensor (P
maximum urethral pressure (not for UPP).
▪ Ask the patient to cough to check the registration of all pressures. The
spikes of P , P
ves
and the detrusor pressure (P
▪ Fix the bladder catheter (not for UPP).
▪ Start the investigation (cystometry, pressure-flow study, UPP, or
gynecology study, see chapters 5 to 8).
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