Are children kept awake for a catheterization to check the status of a urinary tract infection?

Yes: Yes they are...It is not worth the risk of sedating a child to do a catheterization especially since it is very very fast in most cases.

Yes. : Urinary catherization is usually perirmed without sedation.

Avoid by catheter: Best to avoid unnecessary catheterizations. In first place urine specimen can be obtained by clean void, if child old enough to provide or by bag specimen i tot toilet trained. This is perfectly reliable if urine is infection free. Only need to be catheterized if "clean catch/bag urine is positive. Then urine is obtained when awake if catheterization is required.