title: Teaching catheterization to children.
abstract: Children can learn to perform self-catheterization as early as their preschool years with the aid of newly developed teaching techniques. Clean self-catheterization is widely accepted and allows the child to remain dry, without infection, and independent in the management of the lower urinary tract.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hannigan
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Elder
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects