TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Bladder Catheterization A1 - Schwab, Sandra A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Urinary bladder catheterization in children can serve as both a diagnostic and a therapeutic intervention. Catheterization is a simple, sterile procedure that can be performed at the bedside in most circumstances. Ease of performing procedure, ability of nursing to catheterize, and decreased pain are some reasons catheterization has largely replaced suprapubic aspiration as the primary method of urine collection in young children.1 Children usually tolerate the procedure well when it is done carefully, requiring only a topical anesthetic, if any.2,3 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146125318 ER -