Received: 2 December 2010, Accepted: 1 February 2011 Corresponding author: Dohee Kim Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, San 16-5, Anseo-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 330-715, Korea Tel: +82-41-550-3934, Fax: +82-41-556-3256, E-mail: [email protected] Hypocalcemia can be complicated, on rare occasions, by congestive h...

Hypocalcemia due to chronic hypoparathyroidism presents with nonspecific symptoms. However, if untreated, hypocalcemia may affect neurological, cognitive, muscular, and cardiac function. Computed tomography (CT) findings may confirm a diagnosis of chronic hypoparathyroidism. Although autoimmune acquired hypoparathyroidism is a rare disease, early diagnosis and treatment are critical for avoidin...

background: although phototherapy has been used for more than 60 years it has some complications. the light waves produced from phototherapy reduce melatonin concentration in newborns with subsequent hypocalcemia. we aimed to assess the effect of head covering on calcium and magnesium levels in full term newborns during phototherapy. methods: in this randomized controlled trial, 72 full-term ic...

Backgrounds and aims: Childbirth represents one of the most important events in the life of a family and an experience that a woman will remember and preciously preserve until the rest of her life. The presence of the partner is, it is believed, an important factor in providing security and reducing the anxiety of a parturient woman. This research tried to establish whether the anxiety of the p...

Introduction: Parathyroid dysfunction leading to symptomatic hypocalcemia is not uncommon following a total thyroidectomy and is often associated with significant patient morbidity and a prolonged hospital stay. The current study aimed at evaluating the comparative predictive role of serum calcium and intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) for post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia.   Materials and Methods...

BACKGROUND Chronic alcohol (ethanol) consumption during pregnancy results in maternal/fetal hypocalcemia, which may underlie some of ethanol's adverse effects on maternal and fetal bone, and fetal/neonatal health. Ethanol appears to alter the relationship between parathyroid hormone (PTH) and blood calcium (Ca) level, and PTH does not increase in response to ethanol-induced hypocalcemia. Howeve...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE magnesium ion concentration is directly related and phosphorus ion concentration is inversely related to calcemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the evolution of magnesium and phosphorus ion levels in patients undergoing thyroidectomy and correlate these with changes to calcium concentration. DESIGN AND SETTING prospective study at the Alpha Institute of Gastroen...

Foscarnet (trisodium phosphonoformate hexahydrate) is an antiviral agent used to treat cytomegalovirus disease in immunocompromised patients. One common side effect is acute ionized hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia following intravenous administration. Foscarnet-induced ionized hypomagnesemia might contribute to ionized hypocalcemia by impairing excretion of preformed parathyroid hormone (PTH) o...

Autosomal dominant hypocalcemia (ADH), caused by activating mutations of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR), is characterized by hypocalcemia with an inappropriately low concentration of PTH. Among 11 missense mutations of CaSR reported to date in patients with ADH or sporadic hypocalcemia, functional properties of 8 mutant CaSRs were characterized. Here, we describe a novel mutation of CaSR a...