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- Can a bowel preparation exacerbate heart failure?
A 73-year-old man with a history of heart failure develops shortness of breath after consuming about 1 L of a polyethylene glycol solution in preparation for colonoscopy the next day.
- Is iron therapy for anemia harmful in the setting of infection?
The harmful effects are more theoretical than observed. On the other hand, there are also no convincing data to support the benefit of this therapy.
- Malignant bowel obstruction: Individualized treatment near the end of life
Surgery should not be routinely done. Less-invasive approaches such as gastric and colonic stenting are useful.