Postoperative hypocalcemic tetany caused by Fleet® Phospho®-Soda preparation in a patient taking alendronate sodium: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1499-1501

  Campisi, Paolo ^a   Badhwar, Vinay ^a   Morin, Suzanne ^a   Trudel, Judith L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Fleet Phospho Soda; Hypocalcemia

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; ILEUM RESECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; TETANY;

ADULT; ALENDRONATE; CATHARTICS; COLECTOMY; COLONOSCOPY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHATES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TETANY;

EID: 0032758488     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02235055     Document Type: Article

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