Abstract | INTRODUCTION: METHODS: RESULTS: We identified 28 publications on the subject dating from 1968 to 2010. Mean age of all children in reports was 2.83 years; sex was approximately equally distributed. While 18 patients suffered from either pre-existing gastrointestinal comorbidity or other major systemic disease, no or only unrelated, minor conditions were present in ten children. One-third of patients received laxatives repeatedly before the incident. Findings associated with hyperphosphatemia include lethargy, dizziness, stiffness, tachypnea, tachycardia and severe dehydration in almost all cases, and tetany, carpopedal spasm, and prolonged QT interval in a subset. While about 80% of children recovered without residual findings, three deceased and one incurred persistent hypoxic brain damage. CONCLUSION: Physicians should be alerted to the possibility of phosphate toxicity in children and adolescents treated with laxatives.
|
Authors | Hannah N Ladenhauf, Ottokar Stundner, Florian Spreitzhofer, Stefan Deluggi |
Journal | Pediatric surgery international
(Pediatr Surg Int)
Vol. 28
Issue 8
Pg. 805-14
(Aug 2012)
ISSN: 1437-9813 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 22820833
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review, Systematic Review)
|
Chemical References |
- Cathartics
- Laxatives
- Phosphates
- sodium phosphate
- Calcium
|
Topics |
- Adolescent
- Calcium
(blood)
- Cathartics
(adverse effects)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- Hyperphosphatemia
(chemically induced)
- Hypocalcemia
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Laxatives
(adverse effects, chemistry)
- Male
- Phosphates
(adverse effects)
|