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Cloudy urine

MedGen UID:
548610
Concept ID:
C0278034
Finding
Synonyms: Nebulous urine; Turbid urine; Urine looks cloudy; Urine: cloudy
SNOMED CT: Urine looks cloudy (7766007); Cloudy urine (7766007); Nebulous urine (7766007); Urine: cloudy (7766007)
 
HPO: HP:0031967

Definition

The appearance of the urine having visible material in suspension, i.e., appearing cloudy. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tractenberg RE, Groah SL, Frost JK, Yumoto F, Rounds AK, Ljungberg IH
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2023 Summer;29(3):31-43. Epub 2023 Aug 16 doi: 10.46292/sci22-00065. PMID: 38076287Free PMC Article
Farrelly E, Lindbo L, Wijkström H, Seiger Å
Scand J Urol 2020 Apr;54(2):155-161. Epub 2020 Mar 9 doi: 10.1080/21681805.2020.1734078. PMID: 32148149
Shao Q, Xu J, Adams T, Tao S, Cui Y, Shen H, Cao W, Xie J, Fan Y, Zhang Y, Huang M
J Xray Sci Technol 2013;21(3):419-28. doi: 10.3233/XST-130393. PMID: 24004872

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Leung AKC, Wong AHC, Leung AAM, Hon KL
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2019;13(1):2-18. doi: 10.2174/1872213X13666181228154940. PMID: 30592257Free PMC Article
Forster CS, Jackson E, Ma Q, Bennett M, Shah SS, Goldstein SL
Pediatr Nephrol 2018 Aug;33(8):1365-1374. Epub 2018 Mar 12 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3936-0. PMID: 29532235Free PMC Article
Ubetagoyena M, Fernandez Martin M, Gondra Sangroniz L
Arch Esp Urol 2014 Mar;67(2):214-7. PMID: 24691047
Etemadian M, Haghighi R, Madineay A, Tizeno A, Fereshtehnejad SM
Urol J 2008 Winter;5(1):28-33. PMID: 18454423
Walter JS, Sacks J, Othman R, Rankin AZ, Nemchausky B, Chintam R, Wheeler JS
J Rehabil Res Dev 2002 Jan-Feb;39(1):53-61. PMID: 11926327

Diagnosis

Tractenberg RE, Groah SL, Frost JK, Yumoto F, Rounds AK, Ljungberg IH
Top Spinal Cord Inj Rehabil 2023 Summer;29(3):31-43. Epub 2023 Aug 16 doi: 10.46292/sci22-00065. PMID: 38076287Free PMC Article
Agarwal S, Sharma A, Aggarwal A, Sankhwar S
BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jan 10;12(1) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227334. PMID: 30635317Free PMC Article
Leung AKC, Wong AHC, Leung AAM, Hon KL
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2019;13(1):2-18. doi: 10.2174/1872213X13666181228154940. PMID: 30592257Free PMC Article
Ward FL, Scholey JW
Kidney Int 2017 Mar;91(3):760. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.034. PMID: 28202177
Simerville JA, Maxted WC, Pahira JJ
Am Fam Physician 2005 Mar 15;71(6):1153-62. PMID: 15791892

Therapy

Zijlstra HW, Barends CR, Vos JJ
Can J Anaesth 2024 Feb;71(2):292-293. Epub 2024 Jan 10 doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02674-1. PMID: 38200348
Baumgarten A, Newton M
Paediatr Anaesth 2021 Oct;31(10):1132-1133. Epub 2021 Aug 2 doi: 10.1111/pan.14260. PMID: 34309948
Leung AKC, Wong AHC, Leung AAM, Hon KL
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2019;13(1):2-18. doi: 10.2174/1872213X13666181228154940. PMID: 30592257Free PMC Article
Forster CS, Jackson E, Ma Q, Bennett M, Shah SS, Goldstein SL
Pediatr Nephrol 2018 Aug;33(8):1365-1374. Epub 2018 Mar 12 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3936-0. PMID: 29532235Free PMC Article
Ward FL, Scholey JW
Kidney Int 2017 Mar;91(3):760. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2016.09.034. PMID: 28202177

Prognosis

King GK, Goodes LM, Hartshorn C, Thavaseelan J, Jonescu S, Watts A, Rawlins M, Woodland P, Synnott EL, Barrett T, Hayne D, Boan P, Dunlop SA
J Spinal Cord Med 2023 Sep;46(5):830-836. Epub 2022 Jul 6 doi: 10.1080/10790268.2022.2089816. PMID: 35792831Free PMC Article
Forster CS, Jackson E, Ma Q, Bennett M, Shah SS, Goldstein SL
Pediatr Nephrol 2018 Aug;33(8):1365-1374. Epub 2018 Mar 12 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3936-0. PMID: 29532235Free PMC Article
Alavinia SM, Omidvar M, Farahani F, Bayley M, Zee J, Craven BC
J Spinal Cord Med 2017 Nov;40(6):803-812. Epub 2017 Sep 5 doi: 10.1080/10790268.2017.1369216. PMID: 28872426Free PMC Article
Alper BS, Curry SH
Am Fam Physician 2005 Dec 15;72(12):2483-8. PMID: 16370404
Walter JS, Sacks J, Othman R, Rankin AZ, Nemchausky B, Chintam R, Wheeler JS
J Rehabil Res Dev 2002 Jan-Feb;39(1):53-61. PMID: 11926327

Clinical prediction guides

Lasica A, Cortesi C, Milani GP, Bianchetti MG, Schera FM, Camozzi P, Lava SAG
Pharmacology 2023;108(5):415-422. Epub 2023 Aug 25 doi: 10.1159/000533327. PMID: 37634493
King GK, Goodes LM, Hartshorn C, Thavaseelan J, Jonescu S, Watts A, Rawlins M, Woodland P, Synnott EL, Barrett T, Hayne D, Boan P, Dunlop SA
J Spinal Cord Med 2023 Sep;46(5):830-836. Epub 2022 Jul 6 doi: 10.1080/10790268.2022.2089816. PMID: 35792831Free PMC Article
Leung AKC, Wong AHC, Leung AAM, Hon KL
Recent Pat Inflamm Allergy Drug Discov 2019;13(1):2-18. doi: 10.2174/1872213X13666181228154940. PMID: 30592257Free PMC Article
Forster CS, Jackson E, Ma Q, Bennett M, Shah SS, Goldstein SL
Pediatr Nephrol 2018 Aug;33(8):1365-1374. Epub 2018 Mar 12 doi: 10.1007/s00467-018-3936-0. PMID: 29532235Free PMC Article
Alavinia SM, Omidvar M, Farahani F, Bayley M, Zee J, Craven BC
J Spinal Cord Med 2017 Nov;40(6):803-812. Epub 2017 Sep 5 doi: 10.1080/10790268.2017.1369216. PMID: 28872426Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Lasica A, Cortesi C, Milani GP, Bianchetti MG, Schera FM, Camozzi P, Lava SAG
Pharmacology 2023;108(5):415-422. Epub 2023 Aug 25 doi: 10.1159/000533327. PMID: 37634493

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