[Acute kidney failure and renal replacement therapy after colonoscopy in a 63-year-old woman]. / Akutes Nierenversagen mit Dialysepflichtigkeit nach Koloskopie bei einer 63-jährigen Patientin.

ABSTRACT

A 63-year-old woman presented with intestinal disorder, alternating between obstipation and diarrhoea. Sodium phosphate/diphosphate (Fleet®) was used in preparation for colonoscopy. Within 24 h the patient developed severe hyperphosphatemia and oliguric acute kidney failure with the need of renal replacement therapy. This case illustrates the rare event of phosphate nephropathy after colonoscopy.