hypercalcaemia


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Synonyms for hypercalcaemia

the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood

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One case of symptomatic hypercalcaemia was caused by four times the prescribed calcium infusion rate (Singer et al., 2016).
Barry, "Metastatic malignant melanoma presenting with hypercalcaemia and bone marrow involvement," Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, vol.
Karim, "Prevalence of Hypercalcaemia in a Renal Transplant Population: A Single Centre Study," International Journal of Nephrology, vol.
[1] They can also be observed in conditions such as benign early repolarisation or hypercalcaemia, in patients with a pericardial effusion of acute onset, and in patients with other intracranial pathology not limited to injury, such as a subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Approach to the Child with Hypercalcaemia. Endocr Dev 2015;28:101-118.
Metabolic conditions (hypokalemia, hyperkalaemia, hyponatraemia, and hypercalcaemia), medicines with a sodium channel-blocking effect such as class 1 antiarrhythmic drugs, anaesthetics (especially propofol), tricyclic antidepressants, severe fever, or cocaine can cause Brugada phenocopy (1,3-7).
Treatment of HA with bisphosphonates is also an interesting strategy that can be used in treatment of different bone diseases such as metastatic and Paget's disease, osteoporosis and hypercalcaemia induced by tumor [8].
Hypercalcaemia: a clue to Mycobacterium avium intracellulare infection in a patient with AIDS.
For the fetus, maternal hypercalcaemia will increase the calcium levels in fetal serum and inhibit the fetal parathyroid axis, which may lead to intrauterine growth retardation, preterm delivery, intrauterine fetal demise, or postpartum neonatal tetany if the mother remains untreated [5, 6].
To further explore our practice pattern regarding treatment of hypercalcaemia, available data revealed that only 5 patients in the highest category of calcium had undergone a parathyroidectomy while the majority of them were dialyzed with 1.25 mmol/L of dialysate calcium concentration and had their calcium carbonate and alfacal-cidol discontinued.
O'Riordan, "Intermittent hypercalcaemia and vitamin D sensitivity in Hodgkin's disease," Postgraduate Medical Journal, vol.
In biochemistry test, urea (37 mg/dL) and creatinine (1 mg/dL) were normal and hypercalcaemia was not found so renal insufficiency was ruled out.
She had normochromic, normocytic anaemia (Hb: 9.4 g/l), thrombocytopenia (105 x [10.sup.9]/l) with prominent rouleaux on peripheral blood film, and moderate renal impairment without hypercalcaemia, with a normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR).