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 ...

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.

Twenty-four-hour urine collection, as a gold standard method of measuring salt intake, is costly and resource consuming, which limits its use in monitoring population salt reduction programs. Our ...

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 ...

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 ...