Hypocalcemia | |
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Other names | Hypocalcemia |
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Calcium within the periodic table | |
Specialty | Endocrinology |
Symptoms | Numbness, muscle spasms, seizures, confusion [1] [2] |
Complications | Cardiac arrest. [1] [2] |
Causes | Hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, kidney failure, pancreatitis, calcium channel blocker overdose, rhabdomyolysis, tumor lysis syndrome, bisphosphonates [1] [2] |
Diagnostic method | Blood serum < 2.1 mmol/L ( corrected calcium or ionized calcium) [1] [2] [3] |
Treatment | Calcium supplements, vitamin D, magnesium sulfate. [1] [2] |
Frequency | ~18% of people in hospital [4] |
Hypocalcemia is low calcium levels in the blood serum.<ref>{{cite
EU2010
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Fong2012
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Pat2006
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).BMJ2008
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Hypocalcemia | |
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Other names | Hypocalcemia |
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Calcium within the periodic table | |
Specialty | Endocrinology |
Symptoms | Numbness, muscle spasms, seizures, confusion [1] [2] |
Complications | Cardiac arrest. [1] [2] |
Causes | Hypoparathyroidism, vitamin D deficiency, kidney failure, pancreatitis, calcium channel blocker overdose, rhabdomyolysis, tumor lysis syndrome, bisphosphonates [1] [2] |
Diagnostic method | Blood serum < 2.1 mmol/L ( corrected calcium or ionized calcium) [1] [2] [3] |
Treatment | Calcium supplements, vitamin D, magnesium sulfate. [1] [2] |
Frequency | ~18% of people in hospital [4] |
Hypocalcemia is low calcium levels in the blood serum.<ref>{{cite
EU2010
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Fong2012
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Pat2006
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).BMJ2008
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).