- Original Article
- Validity of bag urine culture for predicting urinary tract infections in febrile infants: a paired comparison of urine collection methods
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Geun-A Kim, Ja-Wook Koo
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(5):183-189. Published online May 22, 2015
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Purpose Catheter urine (CATH-U) and suprapubic aspiration (SPA) are reliable urine collection methods for confirming urinary tract infections (UTI) in infants. However, noninvasive and easily accessible collecting bag urine (CBU) is widely used, despite its high contamination rate. This study investigated the validity of CBU cultures for diagnosing UTIs, using CATH-U culture results as the gold standard. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed 210 infants,... |
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- Case Report
- Two Cases of Renal Stone Associated with Ketogenic Diet
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Ju-Young Chung, Ja-Wook Koo, Hoon-Churl Kang, Sang-Woo Kim, Heung-Dong Kim
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2005;48(2):204-207. Published online February 15, 2005
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Ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low-carbohydrate, low-protein diet used in the treatment of epilepsy since 1920's. Recently, it's use for intractable epilepsy in childhood has increased. Complications of ketogenic diet are known to include dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea, renal stones, metabolic derangement, hypercholesterolemia and refusal to eat. We experienced two cases of renal stones in children with intractable epilepsy during ketogenic... |
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