ENEMA-INDUCED HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA IN SMALL AND LARGE-BOWEL ILEUS

Authors
WILMANNS C BERNSCHNEIDER T SCHOFFEL U FARTHMANN EH
Citation
C. Wilmanns et al., ENEMA-INDUCED HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA IN SMALL AND LARGE-BOWEL ILEUS, Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie, 120(12), 1995, pp. 981-983
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie → ACNP
ISSN journal
0044409X
Volume
120
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
981 - 983
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-409X(1995)120:12<981:EHISAL>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We report a case of severe hyperphosphatemia following repeated use of phosphate-containing enemas in a patient with small and large bowel i leus, who died from acute renal and cardiovascular failure. Refractory hypocalcemia presumably resulted from precipitation of calcium-phosph ate. Hypocalcemia may induce alterations which seriously compromise th e clinical course.