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Sodium polystyrene sulfonate crystals in the gastric wall of a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and gastric perforation: an incidental finding or a pathogenic factor?

Sodium polystyrene sulfonate, or Kayexalate, is an ion-exchange resin used to treat hyperkalemia. It is sometimes used with sorbitol, an osmotic laxative that prevents constipation. Small and large bowel necrosis and perforation due to Kayexalate were previously reported. However, no previous cases...

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Autores principales: Hajjar, Roy, Sebajang, Herawaty, Schwenter, Frank, Mercier, Frédéric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29991999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjy138