Urine collection in the emergency department: What really happens in there?

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 401-405

  Frazee, Bradley W ^a   Frausto, Kenneth ^a   Cisse, Bitou ^a   White, Douglas E A ^a   Alter, Harrison ^a  

^a ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION; PATIENT EDUCATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE COLLECTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84872573760     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.1.6855     Document Type: Article

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