Purple Urine Bag Syndrome: Time for Awareness

Purple urine bag syndrome occurs commonly in long-term catheterized patients causing significant stress for patients, care takers, and health care providers. This may lead to unwarranted investigation as well as treatment when not identified early. Demographic changes in Indian population with incre...

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Autores principales: Alex, Reginald, Manjunath, Krishna, Srinivasan, Rajan, Basu, Gopal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4366985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811004
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.152270
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Sumario:Purple urine bag syndrome occurs commonly in long-term catheterized patients causing significant stress for patients, care takers, and health care providers. This may lead to unwarranted investigation as well as treatment when not identified early. Demographic changes in Indian population with increasing geriatric care make it a case to increase awareness of this condition among health care providers in primary and secondary care settings.

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