To determine whether urine color, as measured by a color chart, might be a valid indicator of hydration status in frail nursing home residents, this study tested the associations between urine color and urine specific gravity. This is a descriptive correlational study set in seven nursing homes in eastern Iowa. Ninety-eight nursing home residents > or =65 years of age participated. Exclusion cr...

A 72-year-old female bladder cancer patient presented with a history of ileal conduit urinary diversion; a urethral balloon catheter was inserted to control her urinary tract stoma. The patient, who reported a foul odor emanating from her urine for several days, visited our hospital as an outpatient when her urine bag developed a purple hue, although there was no change to the color of her urin...

The development of discolored urine may have many possible causes. Here we present the case of a 76-year-old woman who was admitted after ingesting the inorganic herbicides, mefenacet and imazosulfuron. Her urine color changed to green almost immediately. Since the patient had no specific medication or medical history we considered that the most likely cause of the change in urine color was the...

A 78-year-old male patient who had an indwelling urinary catheter because of benign hyperplasia of the prostate and who had been receiving hemodialysis twice a week due to endstage renal disease was admitted to our hospital complaining of three days of purple urine color (Figure 1). His medications included beta blocker, anti-aggregant, erythropoietin, piracetam and calcitriol therapies. A urin...

It has been reported that intravenous injection of nicotinic acid produces hypoglycemia in normal humans (l-4). A definite improvement in the carbohydrate tolerance of diabetic patients after administration of nicotinic acid has also been reported (4). It was therefore of interest to study the urinary excretion of nicotinic acid in diabetic patients. In the chemical estimation of nicotinic acid...

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