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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in Geriatric Hospital: A Report of 2 Cases

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare clinical condition that occurs in older women with a long-term urinary catheterization. Other risk factors include alkaline urine, constipation, renal disease, and immobility. It presents as purple discoloration of the urine bag and tubing and is a mixture...

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Autores principales: Shin, Kyung Su, Kim, Mi Young, Kang, Hyo Nam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Geriatrics Society 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7387583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32743265
http://dx.doi.org/10.4235/agmr.2018.22.3.151
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Sumario:Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare clinical condition that occurs in older women with a long-term urinary catheterization. Other risk factors include alkaline urine, constipation, renal disease, and immobility. It presents as purple discoloration of the urine bag and tubing and is a mixture of pigment that becomes purple. Patient with PUBS usually do not complain of any symptoms. The clinical course is generally benign, and intensive treatment is not usually needed. But awareness of this syndrome is necessary for doctor and nurse in geriatric hospital so as to adequately treat urinary tract infection and explain the clinical process to a caregiver. We present 2 cases of PUBS in a geriatric hospital.