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Case #2 -
A 71 year old with urinary frequency and straining to urinate

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
5.) What other diagnostic tests may be required?

Other diagnostic tests that may be indicated:
  1. Ultrasound: see size of prostate, estimate residual urine and see hydronephrosis
  2. Measure residual urine by catheterization
  3. Measure urinary flow rate (normal is >15 cc/second)
  4. Cystoscopy
  5. Intravenous pyelogram
  6. Cystometrography to measure bladder pressures
     
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