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Hypocalcaemia and convulsions [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1977
Summary Hypocalcaemia may manifest with tetany, convulsions and even status eqilepticus. Recognition of underlying hypocalcaemia in convulsions is mandatory because the fits may not be adequately controlled by anti-convulsant drugs which may also aggravate hypocalcaemia.
M M, Gupta, D N, Grover
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Prospective Study of Complications Following Surgery for Thyroid Malignancy: A Tertiary Cancer Care Centre Experience [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Introduction: Surgery is the backbone for treatment of thyroid malignancy. Total thyroidectomy with or without neck dissection is standard of care.
Virendra Kumar Tiwari, Jency Mathews, PG Balagopal, Nebu Abraham George   +3 more
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Vitamin D repletion in primary hyperparathyroid patients undergoing parathyroidectomy leads to reduced symptomatic hypocalcaemia and reduced length of stay: a retrospective cohort study.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2021
INTRODUCTION Vitamin D deficiency co-exists with and can confuse the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Vitamin D replete (VDR) status may prevent significant postparathyroidectomy hypocalcaemia; however, reports from previous studies are ...
R. Acharya, M. Kopczynska, C. Goodmaker, A. Mukherjee, H. Doran   +4 more
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Bilateral Papilledema in Hypocalcemia

Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Papilledema is a rare but recognized complication of hypocalcaemia with primary or surgically induced hypoparathyroidism. We report a case with primary hypocalcaemia who presented with bilateral cataract with Papilledema as the first clinical ...
JL Goyal, Jasneet Kang, Ramesh Gupta, Abhishek Anand, Ritu Arora, Parul Jain   +5 more
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Severe hypocalcaemia in a COVID-19 female patient

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2021
Summary Comorbidities are a risk factor for patients with COVID-19 and the mechanisms of disease remain unclear. The aim of this paper is to present a case report of an COVID-19 patient with severe hypocalcaemia. This is a report of an 81-year-old female,
E. Puca, E. Puca, P. Pipero, Holta Kraja, N. Çomo   +4 more
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Retrospective case–control study to evaluate hypocalcaemia as a distinguishing feature of COVID-19 compared with other infective pneumonias and its association with disease severity

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To investigate whether calcium derangement was a specific feature of COVID-19 that distinguishes it from other infective pneumonias, and its association with disease severity.
M. Mehta, Hakim Ghani, F. Chua, A. Draper, S. Calmonson, Meghna Prabhakar, Rijul Shah, A. Navarra, T. Vaghela, A. Barlow, R. Vancheeswaran   +10 more
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More causes of hypocalcaemia [PDF]

BMJ, 2008
In their review of the diagnosis and management of hypocalcaemia,1 Cooper and Gittoes did not mention some important causes of severe hypocalcaemia in critically ill patients—namely, alkalosis,2 acute pancreatitis,3 and repeated transfusions.2 3 4 Alkalosis can induce …
Marchetti, Federico, Giurici, Nagua, Ventura, Alessandro   +2 more
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Hypocalcaemia following denosumab in prostate cancer: A clinical review

Clinical Endocrinology, 2020
Denosumab is often used in men with advanced prostate cancer to prevent skeletal‐related events, but can be associated with severe hypocalcaemia. Our objective was to review the pathophysiology, identify risk factors and provide recommendations for ...
Lik-Hui Lau, E. Cliff, V. Wong, Henry Wong, N. Torkamani, A. Eer, Andrew Weickhardt, M. Grossmann   +7 more
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Risk factors for hypocalcaemia after completion hemithyroidectomy in thyroid cancer

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017
BACKGROUND Hypocalcaemia (HC) is the most common complication after thyroid surgery in differentiated thyroid cancer and leads to a prolongation of the hospital stay.
Baktash Aqtashi, Nader Ahmad, Angela Frotzler, Simon Bähler, Thomas Linder, Werner Müller   +5 more
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Predictive factors for hypocalcaemia in post-thyroidectomy patients: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research
Background: Hypocalcaemia following thyroidectomy is a relatively common complication, which is sometimes difficult to correct. Methods: In this cohort study, we assessed the predictive factors for laboratory hypocalcaemia and symptomatic in patients who
Francis Neethu, Kizhakkepurakkal Vijayan Arun, Mohanan Kesavan Pulluvelickal, Thekkuttuparambil Ananthanarayanan Ajith   +3 more
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