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Successful Treatment of Sodium PolyStyrene Sulfonate Bezoars With Serial Water-Soluble Contrast Enemas

Journal of Perinatology volume 23, pages 431–433 (2003)Cite this article

Hyperkalemia in extremely low birth-weight (ELBW) infants is common1,2 even in the absence of oliguria.3,4 In first few days after birth it may cause life-threatening cardiac arrythmias.

One of the treatments for hyperkalemia consists of administration of Sodium PolyStyrene, Sulfonate (SPS) via oral and/or rectal routes, which infrequently cause bezoar formation5. ELBW infants with this complication develop either perforation or intestinal obstruction with high likelihood of mortality and morbidity.5,6

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    Padmaja Koneru MBBS, Ajay J Talati MD, M Bruce Jenkins MD & Sheldon B Korones MD

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Padmaja Koneru MBBS, Ajay J Talati MD, M Bruce Jenkins MD & Sheldon B Korones MD

  3. Department of Radiology, The University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

    Robert A Kaufman MD

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Koneru, P., Kaufman, R., Talati, A. et al. Successful Treatment of Sodium PolyStyrene Sulfonate Bezoars With Serial Water-Soluble Contrast Enemas. J Perinatol 23, 431–433 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7210909

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