title: [Apparatus for hourly determination of diuresis].
abstract: The description is given of an apparatus with a clock-like mechanism imparting to a disk a 45 degrees rotation every 60 minutes in order to transfer the end of a vesical catheter from one graduate cylinder to another. This apparatus offers the possiblity of an hourly collection of urine for a continuous follow up of the clinical and therapeutical evolution, facilitating survey of the patient especially in acute renal insufficiency of varied etiology and in diabetic coma. The hourly diuresis diagram, including the qualitative data of the samples collected, furnishes basic information for research in intensive therapy. The apparatus built with local resources, is cheap and runs silently by means of intermittent electric impulses (220 V), is easily maintained in good conditions and guaranteed against corosion and clogging of the mechanisms.
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004231:Diuresis; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014556:Urine
vernacular_title: Aparat pentru determinarea diurezei orare