Life threatening hyperphosphataemia after administration of sodium phosphate in preparation for colonoscopy

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 946, 2004, Pages 487-488

  Azzam, I ^a,b   Kovalev, Y ^a   Storch, S ^a   Elias, N ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; AMLODIPINE; BICARBONATE; DOPAMINE; FLEET ENEMA; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; ISOSORBIDE 5 NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SOFFADEX; THYROXINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PHOSPHATE EXCRETION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK; SYMPTOM; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; CATHARTICS; COLONOSCOPY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM DISORDERS;

EID: 4243181288     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.017244     Document Type: Article

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