Hypocalcemia

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Management

• Two ampoules of intravenous calcium gluconate 10% is given slowly in a period of 10 minutes, or if the hypocalcemia is severe, calcium chloride is given instead.
• Maintenance doses of both calcium and vitamin-D (often as 1,25-(OH)₂-D₃, i.e. calcitriol)) are often necessary to prevent further decline.

Related chapters

• Calcium metabolism
• Hypercalcaemia
• Calcium deficiency (plant disorder)
• Hypomagnesemia with secondary hypocalcemia

Resources

• EKG abnormalities associated with hypocalcemia
• Seizures due to hypocalcaemia worsened by shifting towards alkalosis by bicarbonate therapy

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