Urinary pH and the Indwelling Catheter
- 18 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Uppsala Medical Society in Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences
- Vol. 85 (2) , 143-150
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03009738009179181
Abstract
The pH of the urine within a blocked indwelling catheter was significantly higher than the pH of the first urine portion from the new catheter. This observation suggests that the urinary pH was changed in an alkaline direction within the indwelling catheter, probably due to the production of ammonia induced by urease from Proteus strains. This pH gradient could only be demonstrated under conditions where the circadian pH variations of the urine within the individual could be neglected.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Effect of short-term high-dose treatment with methenamine hippurate on urinary infection in geriatric patients with an indwelling catheterEuropean Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 1979
- The case against the catheterThe American Journal of Medicine, 1958
- Acid-base regulation by the kidneysThe American Journal of Medicine, 1950