Colonic necrosis due to oral kayexalate in a critically-ill patient

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-306

  Thomas, Anish ^a   James, Bridgit Rose ^a   Landsberg, David ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonic necrosis; Sodium polystyrene sulfonate; Sorbitol

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; WARFARIN; CATION EXCHANGE RESIN; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENESULFONIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON NECROSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLON; CRITICAL ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

CATION EXCHANGE RESINS; COLON; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 65549119737     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31818dd715     Document Type: Article

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