Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * Infants strictly under 6 months of age. * Patients presenting to the pediatric emergency department who require a urine sample collection for any clinical indication (e.g., fever without a source, suspected urinary tract infection). * Infants who are able to be fed orally or enterally (as the protocol requires the procedure to be performed 20 minutes after feeding to ensure bladder volume). * Presence of informed written consent from a parent or legal guardian. Exclusion Criteria: * Infants aged 6 months or older. * Patients requiring immediate life-saving resuscitation or those who are hemodynamically unstable. * Patients with known congenital anomalies of the genitourinary tract. * Patients with known neurological disorders that may affect normal bladder function or voiding reflexes (e.g., neural tube defects, spina bifida). * Presence of skin lesions, active infections, trauma, or surgical incisions in the paravertebral (lower back) or suprapubic (lower abdomen) areas that would contraindicate physical massage and tapping. * Patients with any clinical contraindication to feeding. * Refusal of parental consent.