PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 2 August 1971, pp. 336-337
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Palpating the Kidneys of the Newborn

John A. Askin M.D.1, Melvin Museles M.D., Charles L. Gaudry Jr. M.D., and William M. Bason M.D.

1 Mount Sinai Hospital of Miami Beach, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33124

I am always delighted to see an article published lished: (1) emphasizing the importance and difficulty of diagnosing a developmental anomaly of the urinary tract; (2) emphasizing the incidence of 3.5 to 5% of all children having an anomaly of tile urinary tract; ard, (3) emphasizillg that these anomalies are demonstrated, by the ordinary physical examination, but only if oiıe has developed a meaningful list of indications for urological evaluation.

I would like to take exception to several remarks in the report regarding the abdominal palpation of the newborn.1