Hyponatraemia as a complication of colonoscopy

Clemens D. Cohen; Christian Keuneke; Uwe Schiemann; Bernd Schroppel; Sabine Siegert; Wolfgang Rascher; Manfred Gross; Detlef Schlondorff

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Hyponatraemia as a complication of colonoscopy

Clemens D. Cohen, Christian Keuneke, Uwe Schiemann, Bernd Schroppel, Sabine Siegert, Wolfgang Rascher, Manfred Gross, Detlef Schlondorff

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Abstract

A case of colonoscopy-induced hyponatraemic encephalopathy led us to study the risk of hyponatraemia after gastrointestinal endoscopy. We assessed 40 patients before and after colonoscopy. 20 gastroscopy patients served as controls. Our findings show a high incidence (7.5%) of hyponatraemia after colonoscopy, in association with raised serum concentrations of arginine vasopressin. Physicians should be aware of this complication, since it may contribute to psychological and neurological symptoms after colonoscopy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	282-283
Number of pages	2
Journal	The Lancet
Volume	357
Issue number	9252
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(00)03619-9
State	Published - 27 Jan 2001
Externally published	Yes

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