Fatal acute sodium phosphate enemas intoxication
| Journal | Volume 68 - 2005 |
| Issue | Fasc.3 - Case reports |
| Author(s) | Raymond Farah |
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| Department of Internal Medicine Nahariya Hospital, B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Nahariya, Israel. |
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We describe a patient who died as a result of severe hypocal- caemia and hyperphosphatemia after treatment with a sodium- phosphate enema. Physicians should be aware of the risk when using these enemas, even in normal doses, especially in elderly patients without signs of renal failure, as in our patient. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2005, 68, 392-393). |
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