Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature

Severe hyponatremia is life‐threatening in hospitalized patients. We present an elderly female who developed severe hyponatremia, seizure, and loss of consciousness after taking polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution before colonoscopy. The risk of hyponatremia with PEG for colon preparation in elderly...

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Autores principales: Seyrafian, Shiva, Sebghatollahi, Vahid, Bastani, Bahar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9413866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36052026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6247
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description Severe hyponatremia is life‐threatening in hospitalized patients. We present an elderly female who developed severe hyponatremia, seizure, and loss of consciousness after taking polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution before colonoscopy. The risk of hyponatremia with PEG for colon preparation in elderly susceptible patients is high. We review the relevant literature.
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spelling pubmed-94138662022-08-31 Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature Seyrafian, Shiva Sebghatollahi, Vahid Bastani, Bahar Clin Case Rep Case Report Severe hyponatremia is life‐threatening in hospitalized patients. We present an elderly female who developed severe hyponatremia, seizure, and loss of consciousness after taking polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution before colonoscopy. The risk of hyponatremia with PEG for colon preparation in elderly susceptible patients is high. We review the relevant literature. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9413866/ /pubmed/36052026 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6247 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature
title Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature
title_full Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature
title_fullStr Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature
title_short Hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—A case report and brief review of the literature
title_sort hyponatremia‐induced generalized seizure after taking polyethylene glycol for colon preparation—a case report and brief review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9413866/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6247
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