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Research Article| Volume 7, ISSUE 1, P191-200, January 1991

Hypocalcemic Crisis

  • Gary P. Zaloga
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to: Gary P. Zaloga, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, 300 S. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103
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    Associate Professor of Anesthesia/Critical Care and Medicine, and Co-Director, Anesthesia-Critical Care Laboratories, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-0704(18)30331-2
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      Calcium is an essential ion for normal cardiovascular and other organ functions. Direct ionized calcium measurement is the best method for diagnosing hypocalcemia in critically ill patients. The presence of ionized hypocalcemia implies a defect in the parathyroid-vitamin D axis. Prompt recognition and appropriate treatment of this disorder may be life saving.
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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0749-0704(18)30331-2

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