Colonic necrosis due to sodium polystyrene sulfate (Kayexalate)

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 753.e1-753.e2

  Bomback, Andrew S ^a   Woosley, John T ^a   Kshirsagar, Abhijit V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; PROMETHAZINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG INTOXICATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKALEMIA; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE SOUND; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; VOMITING;

EID: 67650003088     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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