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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getting a urine sample from a very young child may be as simple as gently rubbing their stomach with cold, wet gauze, an Australian study has shown. 'Quick-Wee,' a method developed by Dr Jonathan ...

Researchers have shown that analyzing dried urine extracts with GC-MS/MS to assess levels of reproductive hormones in pre-and post-menopausal women provides similar results to radioimmunoassays using ...

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 ...

Urine analysis is a routine technique to identify and diagnose various health conditions. However, standard urine samples often fail to capture the full range of biomarkers present in the urine, as ...

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 ...