title: Successful suprapubic aspiration of urine.
abstract: When the bladder of neonates requiring suprapubic aspiration of urine was shown to contain urine on ultrasound scanning, suprapubic aspiration was successful on the first attempt in all cases. Without prior scanning only 36% of first attempts at aspiration were successful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: McDougall
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013396:Suction / Q000379:methods; D014463:Ultrasonography; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine*