A 57-year-old woman has been incontinent of urine for the past 2 months. Her health care provider has scheduled her to have a test to check for stress urinary incontinence. For which of the following tests should the nurse prepare the patient?
a. Abdominal radiograph
b. Intravenous pyelogram
c. Endoscopy
d. Ultrasound renal bladder
D
Ultrasound renal bladder common uses: detect masses, obstruction, presence of hydronephrosis or hydroureter, abnormalities in the bladder wall, calculi, and measure postvoid residual. Common uses of endoscopy include: microscopic hematuria, detect/obtain specimens from bladder tumors, and obstruction of the bladder outlet and urethra. Common uses for IVP include: detect and measure urinary calculi, tumors, hematuria, and obstruction of the urinary tract. Abdominal roentgenogram (plain film; kidney, ureter, bladder [KUB] or flat plate) are commonly used to detect and measure the size of urinary calculi.
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