Aspiration: A Possible Severe Complication in Colonoscopy Preparation of Elderly People by Orthograde Intestine Lavage
| Autor: | Stefan Müller, Andreas Gabel |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Sedation medicine.medical_treatment Gastroenterology Colonoscopy Aspiration pneumonia Pneumonia Aspiration medicine.disease Hypoxemia Endoscopy Surgery Hiatal hernia Humans Medicine Intubation Female medicine.symptom Therapeutic Irrigation Complication business Intubation Gastrointestinal Aged |
| Zdroj: | Digestion. 60:284-285 |
| ISSN: | 1421-9867 0012-2823 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000007672 |
| Popis: | Total gut lavage is a widely recommended method in preparation for colonoscopy and there are almost no reports of severe complications in the literature. Application of orthograde lavage by a nasogastric tube may be necessary in disorientated patients, assisted by slight medical sedation, if necessary. Despite absolutely correct appliance of the method, a case of severe aspiration with subsequent hypoxemia and stroke in a senile female patient, suffering from a common hiatal hernia, is described. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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