Cellular potassium depletion predisposes to hypokalaemia after oral sodium phosphate

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 856-858

  Hill, Andrew G ^a   Teo, Wee ^a   Still, Andrew ^a   Parry, Bryan R ^a   Plank, Lindsay D ^a   Hill, Graham L ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioelectrical impedance; Body water; Extracellular fluid; Hypokalaemia; Intracellular fluid; Lavage; Whole body counting

Indexed keywords

SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON LAVAGE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WATER; CATHARTICS; COLON; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHATES; POTASSIUM; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0032408525     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1998.01462.x     Document Type: Article

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