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Case Reports
. 2019 Oct 25;12(10):e230385.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230385.

Severe symptomatic hyponatraemia secondary to bowel preparation

Krishan Pratap  1 , Manasi Jiwrajka  2 , Liam Weber  3 , Alan Richardson  3
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Case Reports

Severe symptomatic hyponatraemia secondary to bowel preparation

Krishan Pratap et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

​A 62-year-old woman presented to a rural Australian hospital for a planned admission to receive bowel preparation 1 day prior to an upper endoscopy and colonoscopy. This admission was complicated by seizures and reduced levels of consciousness in the setting of hyponatraemia secondary to bowel preparation. Given the limited resources in a remote/rural Australian hospital, transfer to a tertiary level hospital was required for review and management of this rare complication of bowel preparation.

Keywords: emergency medicine; gastroenterology; global health; metabolic disorders; neurology (drugs and medicines).

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Non-contrast CT of the head showing asymmetrical hypoattenuation in the right temporal region of the brain.
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