Evaluation of intestinal phosphate binding to improve the safety profile of oral sodium phosphate bowel cleansing.

Prior to colonoscopy, bowel cleansing is performed for which frequently oral sodium phosphate (OSP) is used. OSP results in significant hyperphosphatemia and cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) referred to as acute phosphate nephropathy (APN; characterized by nephrocalcinosis) are reported after OSP...

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Main Authors: Stef Robijn, Benjamin A Vervaet, Patrick C D'Haese, Anja Verhulst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4366239?pdf=render