Fatal hypermagnesemia induced by preoperative colon preparation in an elderly woman: Report of a case

Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-110

  Uchiyama, Chieko ^a   Kato, Takeshi ^a   Tomida, Kodo ^a   Suzuki, Rei ^a   Nakata, Ken ^a   Hamanaka, Michiko ^a   Kanemura, Takashi ^a   Izumi, Masaaki ^a   Tamura, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hypermagnesemia; Magnesium citrate; Preoperative preparation; Rectum carcinoma

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; MAGCOLOL P; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NORADRENALIN; PICOSULFATE SODIUM; SENNOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CYANOSIS; DEFECATION HABIT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART PACING; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERMAGNESEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; ILEUS; INTESTINE PREPARATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NAUSEA; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY; VOMITING;

EID: 84902662277     PISSN: 18657257     EISSN: 18657265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12328-012-0353-y     Document Type: Article

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