Gastrointestinal adverse events with sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) use: A systematic review

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Harel, Ziv ^a,b   Harel, Shai ^a   Shah, Prakesh S ^c,d   Wald, Ron ^a,b   Perl, Jeffrey ^a,b   Bell, Chaim M ^b,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal adverse events; Hyperkalemia; Intestinal necrosis; Kayexalate; Sodium polystyrene sulfonate

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; SORBITOL;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COLON DISEASE; COLON NECROSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EMBASE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTESTINE INJURY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH ULCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84873704593     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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