Necrosis of the gastrointestinal tract in uremic patients as a result of sodium polystyrene sulfonate (kayexalate) in sorbitol: An underrecognized condition

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-69

  Rashid, Asif ^a   Hamilton, Stanley R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic necrosis; Hyperkalemia; Kayexalate; Pseudomembranes; Sodium polystyrene sulfonate; Uremia

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTRAGASTRIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; NOSE FEEDING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UREMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTYRAMINE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POLYSTYRENES; SORBITOL; UREMIA;

EID: 0031022872     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199701000-00007     Document Type: Article

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