Swiss medical weekly
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Swiss medical weekly · Sep 1983
Case Reports[Hyperphosphatemia and tetany following phosphate enema].
Two patients with renal failure presented postoperatively with marked hyperphosphatemia and symptomatic hypocalcemia. This phosphate intoxication was due to a commonly used phosphate-containing enema. ⋯ The phosphate increase depends upon the retention duration of the enema. The use of phosphate-containing enemas in patients with renal failure is not entirely risk-free.