Table 5.

Characteristics of patients who died

Sex	Age	PR findings	Abdominal examination findings	X-ray findings	Treatment	Reassessment after treatment	Death	Comments
Period 1
Female	86	Normal	Normal	Not done	Fleet® enema (Fleet Co, Inc, Lynchburg, VA, USA)	No	Within 1 day	Hyperphosphatemia
Female	52	Fecal stones	Normal	Not done	Fleet enema, Avilac (Amvilabs Inc, Atlanta, GA, USA), paraffin	Yes	Within 1 day	Impaired patient, lost for follow-up
Female	76	Fecal stones	Normal	Not done	Fleet enema, Telebrix® (Guerbet, Villepinte, France)	Yes	Within 5 days	Lost for follow-up
Female	86	Normal	Inguinal hernia	Normal	Fleet enema, Avilac	Yes	Within 6 days	Lost for follow-up
Female	93	Normal	Normal	Normal	Fleet enema, Avilac	Perforation	Within 11 days	Immediate operation
Male	86	Not done	Normal	Normal	Fleet enema	No	Within 21 days	Perforation was found at the return visit 3 days after enema administration
Male	55	Normal	Inflation	Normal	Fleet enema	No	Within 3 weeks	Enema performed under severe neutropenia. Hospitalization for sepsis 4 days later
Male	81	Normal	Normal	Normal	Fleet enema	Yes	Within 1 month	Pneumonia
Male	72	Normal	Tenderness	Not done	Fleet enema	No	Within 3 days	Perforation 9 hours after enema that was performed in another hospital
Period 2
Male	64	Normal	Tenderness	Normal	No enema	Yes	Within 3 weeks	End-stage cancer
Female	89	Normal	Normal	Normal	No enema	Yes	Within 1 month	End-stage cancer

Abbreviation: PR, per rectum.