TY - JOUR
T1 - The patient whose hypocalcaemia worsened after prompt intravenous calcium replacement therapy
AU - Stratta, Piero
AU - Soragna, Giorgio
AU - Morellini, Veronica
AU - Gai, Massimo
AU - Motta, Daria
AU - Lazzarich, Elisa
AU - Brustia, Maddalena
AU - Quaglia, Marco
AU - Canavese, Caterina
PY - 2006/1/21
Y1 - 2006/1/21
N2 - As a junior in the emergency department, I saw a 30-year-old man with severe numbness, tingling in the fingers and toes and perioral area, muscle cramps, and tetany; he had chronic hypoparathyroidism, due to thyroidectomy, which was being treated with oral replacement of thyroid hormones, calcium, and vitamin D. He had been unable to take his regular treatment over the past few weeks because of gastroenteritis. Blood tests showed a low total calcium of 1·125 mmol/L (free ionised portion 0·51 mmo ...
AB - As a junior in the emergency department, I saw a 30-year-old man with severe numbness, tingling in the fingers and toes and perioral area, muscle cramps, and tetany; he had chronic hypoparathyroidism, due to thyroidectomy, which was being treated with oral replacement of thyroid hormones, calcium, and vitamin D. He had been unable to take his regular treatment over the past few weeks because of gastroenteritis. Blood tests showed a low total calcium of 1·125 mmol/L (free ionised portion 0·51 mmo ...
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/30844450584
U2 - 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68038-0
DO - 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68038-0
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 0140-6736
VL - 367
SP - 273
JO - The Lancet
JF - The Lancet
IS - 9506
ER -