Does the use of volumetric bladder ultrasound improve the success rate of suprapubic aspiration of urine?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 346-349

  Munir, Venita ^a   Barnett, Peter ^a   South, Mike ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder ultrasound; Suprapubic aspiration; Urine specimen

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLADDER ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; URINE VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUCTION; URINALYSIS; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036797686     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200210000-00004     Document Type: Article

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