A shocking bowel preparation: Severe electrolyte disturbances after polyethylene glycol-based bowel preparation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1729-1730

  Ho, Joanne Man Wai ^a   Cavalcanti, Rodrigo Brandao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; BUDESONIDE; CARBIDOPA; CILAZAPRIL; CLOPIDOGREL; FERROUS GLUCONATE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LEVODOPA; LEVOTHYROXINE; MACROGOL; NORTRIPTYLINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; SOTALOL; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE; TOLTERODINE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LETTER; MALE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; COLON; COLONOSCOPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; HYPOKALEMIA; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RECURRENCE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 69549086482     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02416.x     Document Type: Letter

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