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Graduate Student Literature Review: What do we know about the effects of clinical and subclinical hypocalcemia on health and performance of dairy cows?

Journal of Dairy Science, 2021
This narrative literature review summarizes findings regarding the associations of clinical and subclinical hypocalcemia with postpartum health, reproduction, and milk production. To better understand the effects of hypocalcemia, we reviewed clinical and
R. Couto Serrenho, T. DeVries, T. Duffield, S. LeBlanc   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

European multicentre study on outcome of surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Some 5861 patients undergoing first‐time surgery for sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism were registered in the Eurocrine® database between 2015 and 2018. The use of intraoperative parathyroid hormone measurement decreased the risk of conversion and persistent hypercalcaemia.
A. Bergenfelz, S. van Slycke, Ö. Makay, L. Brunaud   +3 more
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Pseudohypoparathyroidism: A Rare Cause of Status Epilepticus

Apollo Medicine, 2022
Hypocalcemia can result in a variety of symptoms which include paresthesias, muscle spasms, cramps, tetany and circumoral numbness. Arrhythmias, heart failure and seizures constitute the serious symptoms arising from hypocalcemia. Seizures resulting from
Vinit Suri, Avinash Goswami, Shishir Pandey, Monika Goyal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypocalcemia is highly prevalent and predicts hospitalization in patients with COVID-19

Endocrine, 2020
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2), presents primarily with fever, dry cough, and fatigue or myalgia [1].
L. di Filippo, A. Formenti, P. Rovere-Querini, M. Carlucci, C. Conte, F. Ciceri, A. Zangrillo, A. Giustina   +7 more
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Disorders of Calcium Metabolism: Hypocalcemia and Hypercalcemia

Cureus, 2021
Calcium (Ca+2) is a divalent cation that plays a critical role in numerous body functions such as skeletal mineralization, signal transduction, nerve conduction, muscle contraction, and blood coagulation. Ca+2 metabolism is linked to magnesium (Mg+2) and
M. Tinawi
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Association of hypocalcemia with in-hospital mortality and complications in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: results from the 2017 Nationwide Inpatient Sample

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2021
Background Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a common cause for hospitalization associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Disorders of calcium metabolism are a frequently encountered medical problem.
Mukunthan Murthi, Hafeez Shaka, Zain El-amir, Sujitha Velagapudi, Abdul Jamil, Farah Wani, Ramtej Atluri, Akshay Kumar, Asim Kichloo   +8 more
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Preoperative vitamin D level as a post-total thyroidectomy hypocalcemia predictor: a prospective study

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2021
Introduction: Hypocalcemia is one of the most common complications after total thyroidectomy. Preoperative serum vitamin D concentration has been postulated as a risk factor for this complication.
Carlos Segundo Paiva Soares, José Vicente Tagliarini, Gláucia M.F.S. Mazeto   +2 more
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Hypocalcemia in COVID-19 is associated with low vitamin D levels and impaired compensatory PTH response

Endocrine, 2021
Hypocalcemia has been identified as a major distinctive feature of COVID-19, predicting poor clinical outcomes. Among the mechanisms underlying this biochemical finding, high prevalence of vitamin D (VD) deficiency in COVID-19 patients reported so far in
L. di Filippo, A. Allora, M. Locatelli, P. Rovere Querini, S. Frara, G. Banfi, A. Giustina   +6 more
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Hypocalcemia in Jaundiced Neonates Receiving Phototherapy

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2021
Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is a common problem in neonates. Phototherapy and exchange transfusion are the primary treatment modalities. Less known, but one of the potential complications of phototherapy is hypocalcemia.
Sabina Shrestha, Sangita Dhungana, Sujit Kumar Shrestha, Gentle Sunder Shrestha, Prayash Kakshapati   +4 more
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Hypocalcemia Following Total Thyroidectomy in Patients with Hyperthyroidism [PDF]

Disease and Diagnosis
Background: Post-total thyroidectomy hypocalcemia is a common complication with low calcium levels after thyroid removal. In the present study, it was aimed to investigate the frequency of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy, the associated factors ...
Hossein Hemmati, Behrang Motamed, Habib Eslami Kenarsari, Hadis Mah Khani, Mohaya Farzin, Mohammad Sadegh Esmaeili Delshad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source