Green urine in a postoperative patient
Autor: | Jeremy S Williamson, Hasan Imam Al Hadi, Arnab K Bhowmick |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Nursing staff medicine.medical_treatment Lumen (anatomy) Color Urine Anastomosis Article Postoperative management Ileostomy Postoperative Complications Medicine Humans Coloring Agents Aged 80 and over medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged Surgery Methylene Blue Green urine Anesthesia business Liver function tests |
Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2014 |
ISSN: | 1757-790X |
Popis: | An 85- year-old man underwent reversal of loop ileostomy. The integrity of the anastomosis was tested by an injection of methylene blue into the bowel lumen. Postoperatively the patient voided ‘green urine’ and alarmed the nursing staff and junior duty doctor (figure 1). Routine microscopic examination and culture of urine revealed no abnormality. Liver function test and full blood count was also normal. This discolouration of … |
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