Life-threatening complications of nasogastric administration of polyethylene glycol-electrolyte solutions (Golytely) for bowel cleansing

• Published in: Gastrointestinal endoscopy Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 408 - 410
• Main Authors: Marschall, Hanns-Ulrich, Bartels, Friedhelm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.05.1998; Elsevier
• Subjects: Administration, Oral; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Colonoscopy - methods; Drug toxicity and drugs side effects treatment; Electrolytes - administration & dosage; Electrolytes - adverse effects; Fatal Outcome; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Intubation, Gastrointestinal - adverse effects; Male; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Pneumonia, Aspiration - etiology; Polyethylene Glycols - administration & dosage; Polyethylene Glycols - adverse effects; Pulmonary Edema - chemically induced; Pulmonary Edema - diagnostic imaging; Radiography; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - chemically induced; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Adult - pathology; Solutions - administration & dosage; Solutions - adverse effects; Therapeutic Irrigation - adverse effects; Toxicity: digestive system; Human; Electrolyte solution; Critically ill; Oral administration; Pharmacovigilance; Anatomical preparation; Colonic disease; Ethylene oxide polymer; Case study; Chemotherapy; Colonoscopy; Digestive diseases; Complication; Endoscopy; Colon
• ISSN: 0016-5107; 1097-6779
• DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(98)70229-9

Previously published in abstract form (Endoscopy 1995;27:S53)