Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinical practice guidelines were introduced in 1999 by the American Academy of Pediatrics for management of ...

Jan. 6, 2005 — Hypnosis may provide stress reduction for children undergoing voiding cystourethrography (VCUG), according to the results of a preliminary randomized study published in the January ...

abnormal findings on the initial RUS. The new guidelines do not generally recommend prophylactic antibiotics. This study by Schroeder and colleagues reports the implementation of the UK guidelines to ...

Diagnosis and management of vesicoureteral reflux requires voiding cystourethrography (VCUG). Children with vesicoureteral reflux, in which urine passes retrogradely from bladder to kidney, are ...

And sedation is out of the question because children have to be alert enough to urinate during the VCUG. "It's abusive, almost," said Linda Shortliffe, MD, professor of urology and the hospital's ...

Ultrasound for Genitourinary Problems in Kids Falls Short It is poor at detecting vesicoureteral reflux in children who have had a febrile urinary tract infection. Renal and bladder ultrasound (RBUS) ...