LABORIE Urocap III Owner’s Manual
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Artifact Recognition
This refers to the detection of non-physiological transducer readings.
Example:
If a patient kicks the transducer, the curve indicates a very high spike. The height of the spike is
“unnaturally” high and therefore the Urocap III recognizes the event as a deviation from what it considers a
normal reading.
To enable the Urocap III to Recognize Artifacts:
Select the
Enable Artifact Recognition
box.
Result:
A checkmark appears in the box indicating that the
software will detect artifacts.
The Threshold check box in the Artifact recognition box indicates the speed of flow.
The defaulted rate of flow is 45.0 ml/s/s. That rate means that if the speed of flow accelerates more than 45.0
ml/s/s, it is considered an artifact. When an artifact is detected, the Voiding Summary calculation will ignore
the next set of data.
To change the Acceleration Rate Threshold:
1.
Double-click the
Artifact Recognition Threshold
box.
Result
: The value in the text box is highlighted.
2.
Enter a new value using the keyboard.
Result
: The software recognizes the new value in the Threshold text box as the maximum rate of
flow, and any value over that is considered an artifact.
To exit the Uroflow Options window perform
one
of the following procedures:
Click
OK
to save any changes.
-OR-
Click
Cancel
to cancel any changes.
Result
: The Uroflow Options window closes and returns to the Voiding Summary window.
Pediatric Nomogram
The Pediatric Nomogram
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feature can be accessed from the
Voiding Summary
window. This is based on the
work of Dr.Churchill at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The nomogram is a plot of Peak Flow vs.
Voided Volume and the center curve represents the Mean. The patient’s flow data is represented by a circled
dot on the graph. As a result, a normal flow curve is age and gender related.
NOTE:
This feature is available only if the patient is between 3 to 16 years of age.
To access the Pediatric Nomogram Feature:
1.
Click
Pediatric Nomogram
in the
Voiding Summary
window
Result
: The
Pediatric Nomogram
window appears
