Secretory diarrhoea with high faecal potassium concentrations: A new mechanism of diarrhoea associated with colonic pseudo-obstruction? Report of five patients

To report the mechanism of diarrhoea in patients with subacute colonic pseudo-obstruction, profuse secretory diarrhoea and hypokalemia. Five consecutive patients who developed colonic pseudo-obstruction, profuse watery diarrhoea and severe hypokalemia. Investigations excluded mechanical intestinal o...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Gastroentérologie clinique et biologique 2008-04, Vol.32 (4), p.401-404
Hauptverfasser:	Blondon, H., Béchade, D., Desramé, J., Algayres, J.-P.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction - complications Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction - metabolism Diarrhea - metabolism Feces - chemistry Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Humans Hypokalemia - etiology Male Medical sciences Potassium - analysis Potassium - metabolism
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