Dr. Heidi Stephany is board certified in urology with a subspecialty in pediatric urology. She treats kids and teens at Rady Children’s Health, formerly CHOC, in Orange County.

Pediatric neurogenic bladder occurs when there’s a disconnect between your child’s bladder and nervous system, causing symptoms such as leaking pee or an overactive bladder. Share on Pinterest Getty ...

Royal College of Physicians (1991) 1991–2000 Aggressive treatment, prophylaxis and investigation of all children aged <7 years [81] American Academy of Pediatrics Guideline (1999) Aggressive treatment ...

Bad-smelling urine is a good predictor of urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants -- better than several other associated predictors, researchers found. Though malodorous urine did not definitively ...

“We only have sparse data as a field now. Our study is a pilot project aimed to characterize the urobiome of children to identify associations based on urinary tract infection (UTI) history. We are ...

Acute pyelonephritis is the most common serious bacterial infection in childhood; many affected children, particularly infants, have severe symptoms. Most cases are readily treated, provided diagnosis ...

Antibiotics are widely administered to children with the intention of preventing urinary tract infection, but adequately powered, placebo-controlled trials regarding efficacy are lacking. This study ...

Pediatric urinary incontinence (UI) did not appear to substantially affect academic performance but the subgroup of children with co-occurring diagnosed psychiatric disorders had poorer performance, a ...

A urinary tract infection (UTI) in children is a fairly common condition. Bacteria that enter the urethra are usually flushed out through urination. However, when bacteria aren’t expelled out of the ...