Use of a urine color chart to monitor hydration status in nursing home residents

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 197-203

  Mentes, Janet C ^a   Wakefield, Bonnie ^b,c   Culp, Kennith ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Implementation of Innovative Strategies in Practice (CRIISP)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Creatinine clearance; Dehydration; Urine specific gravity

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; TEST STRIP; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORIMETRY; CREATININE; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IOWA; MALE; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REAGENT STRIPS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33645633188     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800405281607     Document Type: Article

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