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Green Urine After Propofol: Causes of Discoloration

Why urine turns green after propofol infusion. Mechanism of drug metabolite excretion and differential diagnosis in the clinical diagnostic laboratory.

Inna Storozheva Inna Storozheva 1 min
Container and test tubes in a rack: bright green urine compared to yellow samples
Container and test tubes in a rack: bright green urine compared to yellow samples
Urine collection container with a bright green sample after propofol administration
Urine collection container with a bright green sample after propofol administration
Test tubes in a rack: pronounced green discoloration of patient's urine after sedation
Test tubes in a rack: pronounced green discoloration of patient's urine after sedation

Urine of a bright green color. Patients from various departments after administration of Propofol (anesthesia and sedation).

🙏 Photos kindly provided by Inna Storozheva, Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory of the Regional Hospital, Kaliningrad.

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