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Hypocalcaemia ('''hypocalcemia)''', is having a low calcium concentrations in the blood.The normal range of serum calcium lies between 8.8–10.7 mg/dl, 4.3–5.2 mEq/l. | Hypocalcaemia ('''hypocalcemia)''', is having a low calcium concentrations in the blood.The normal range of serum calcium lies between 8.8–10.7 mg/dl, 4.3–5.2 mEq/l.In the past 20 years quantification of serum and ionized calcium and PTH concentrations, helps in easier diagnosis.It is difficult to quantify the incidence of ionized hypocalcemia. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
=== Incidence === | |||
* The incidence of hypocalcemia is inversely proportional to gestational age and birth weight.<ref name="pmid11273867">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zivin JR, Gooley T, Zager RA, Ryan MJ |title=Hypocalcemia: a pervasive metabolic abnormality in the critically ill |journal=Am. J. Kidney Dis. |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=689–98 |date=April 2001 |pmid=11273867 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
* The percentage of infants who develop hypocalcemia is between 30% to 90%. | |||
* The incidence of hypocalcemia in postsurgical patients is between 80 to 90%. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Hypocalcaemia (hypocalcemia), is having a low calcium concentrations in the blood.The normal range of serum calcium lies between 8.8–10.7 mg/dl, 4.3–5.2 mEq/l.In the past 20 years quantification of serum and ionized calcium and PTH concentrations, helps in easier diagnosis.It is difficult to quantify the incidence of ionized hypocalcemia.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of hypocalcemia is inversely proportional to gestational age and birth weight.[1]
- The percentage of infants who develop hypocalcemia is between 30% to 90%.
- The incidence of hypocalcemia in postsurgical patients is between 80 to 90%.