How do clinicians obtain urine samples in young children?

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-119

  Buntsma, Davina ^a,c   Stock, Amanda ^a   Bevan, Catherine ^a,b,c   Babl, Franz E ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION;

EID: 84856788280     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01518.x     Document Type: Letter

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