May 2, 2012 — Ruling out a urinary tract infection (UTI) is essential in the differential diagnosis for a febrile child, and several methods are available for collecting urine. A study published ...

Catheterization is difficult in neonates, and collection bags or diaper weight measurements are not accurate and can cause discomfort. Due to the lack of accurate tools, current clinical practices ...

This review paper examines and evaluates urine-sampling methodologies in infants and young children, to determine which methods are suitable for use in large biomonitoring surveys or studies of ...

The device simplifies the transfer of urine from a sterile container to a tube using a quick dip-and-close method that streamlines workflow and decreases procedural steps. Credit: Copan Diagnostics / ...

March 16, 2010 — Careful attention to urine collection methods can identify some attempts by patients to produce false-negative results. In this article, published in the March 1 issue of American ...

The accuracy of the casual urine (CU) method for estimating daily salt intake was compared with the second morning urine (SMU) method and with 24-h urine collection (24UC) method as the gold standard.

We read with interest the article by Hudson and colleagues on urinary tract infection in children.1 As clinicians working in rural and remote locations with limited staff and limited experience in ...

As Dr Dawn Harper, GP and star of Embarrassing Bodies, stated at the Forte Medical Forum at the Royal Society of Medicine today: An initial light-hearted opening comment perhaps, but it quickly became ...

Take a look behind the scenes of a recent report article published in BioTechniques entitled: ‘Methodology for the at-home collection of urine samples for prostate cancer detection’, as we ask lead ...

A newly developed method can detect even low-dose human exposure to microcystins and nodularin in human urine. During harmful algal blooms (HABs), species of cyanobacteria release toxic peptides, ...