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Pediatric urology. Pediatric urology is a surgical subspecialty of medicine dealing with the disorders of children's genitourinary systems. Pediatric urologists provide care for both boys and girls ranging from birth to early adult age. The most common problems are those involving disorders of urination, reproductive organs and testes.
The Broselow Tape, also called the Broselow pediatric emergency tape, is a color-coded length-based tape measure that is used throughout the world for pediatric emergencies. The Broselow Tape relates a child's height as measured by the tape to their weight to provide medical instructions including medication dosages, the size of the equipment ...
Pyelogram (or pyelography or urography) is a form of imaging of the renal pelvis and ureter. [ 1] Types include: Intravenous pyelogram – In which a contrast solution is introduced through a vein into the circulatory system. Retrograde pyelogram – Any pyelogram in which contrast medium is introduced from the lower urinary tract and flows ...
Overactive bladder ( OAB) is a common condition where there is a frequent feeling of needing to urinate to a degree that it negatively affects a person's life. [ 2] The frequent need to urinate may occur during the day, at night, or both. [ 4] Loss of bladder control ( urge incontinence) may occur with this condition. [ 1]
Urology. Urology (from Greek οὖρον ouron "urine" and -λογία -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary system and the reproductive organs. Organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary ...
A urinary tract infection ( UTI) is an infection that affects a part of the urinary tract. [ 1] Lower urinary tract infections may involve the bladder ( cystitis) or urethra ( urethritis) while upper urinary tract infections affect the kidney ( pyelonephritis ). [ 10] Symptoms from a lower urinary tract infection include suprapubic pain ...
The orchidometer can be used to accurately determine size of testes. Discrepancy of testicular size with other parameters of maturation can be an important clue to various diseases. Small testes can indicate either primary or secondary hypogonadism. Testicular size can help distinguish between different types of precocious puberty.
Uroscopy is the historical medical practice of visually examining a patient's urine for pus, blood, or other symptoms of disease. The first records of uroscopy as a method for determining symptoms of an illness date back to the 4th millennium BC, and became common practice in Classical Greece. Later reaching medical predominance during the ...