0, wherein direct/complete renal tubular acidosis kidney has very little capacity for acidification with result that
alkaline urine is excreted.
Test strips may give false positive results as it can be in case of
alkaline urine (pH > 7.
We found that PUBS had a higher incidence in patients with
alkaline urine and female gender.
Key Words: Nephrostomy tube, purple urine, PUBS, long-term indwelling catheter,
alkaline urine, indoxyl sulfate, L-Tryptophan.
43 mmol/l), normal anion gap metabolic acidosis with respiratory compensation in the presence of
alkaline urine, high urinary potassium levels ([K.
Evidently it would be more rationally to prescribe this extract in marked crystalluria (more frequently in phosphate) and
alkaline urine (in UTI as well as after ending or during of its basic treatment), when there is need to increase diuresis and to acidate urine.
Recent literature7-8 also suggested female gender,
alkaline urine, bed bound debilitated patient population, PVC material7 and institutionalization are further predisposing factors of PUBS.
As before, the core of the volume is an atlas of urinary sediment, with 190 full-color images categorized by cells, crystals found in acidic urine, crystals found in
alkaline urine, casts, and miscellaneous images.
Rodents, especially rats due to their
alkaline urine, are the most common reservoir of leptospiras (Visith & Kearkiat 2005).
The pharmacokinetics of chloroquine involves extensive deposition of the drug into peripheral tissues with subsequent prolonged urinary excretion, particularly in the presence of
alkaline urine.
