Complications of Suprapubic Aspiration in Transiently Neutropenic Children

Abstract

Suprapubic aspiration is very often performed in febrile children with no severe complications. We describe herein 3 febrile children with transient neutropenia who developed abscess at the site of the puncture. We also showed that such a complication was not noticed in nonneutropenic children for 6 months after the admission of the first case. It is demonstrated that suprapubic aspiration puts febrile children with benign neutropenia at risk for abdominal abscess formation.

Midstream clean-catch urine collection in newborns: a randomized controlled study

“…However, this method is associated with unacceptably high false positive results, carries a high risk of contamination, and is time consuming [8,11,20]. Suprapubic aspiration (SPA) and urine collection by catheterization are more valuable, albeit invasive techniques in collecting a urine sample [2,8,11,14,17,20].…”

Complications of ultrasound-guided cystocentesis in companion animals: 21 cases (2005–2016)

“…A minimal leakage of urine, even if sterile, could be an irritant for the adjacent tissues but without clinical impact as in these cases. In humans, it is demonstrated that suprapubic aspiration of urine puts transiently neutropenic children at risk of abdominal abscess formation even if the likelihood of such consequence is considered rare (11). To our best knowledge, there are no reports documenting this kind of complication in domestic animals.…”