Objective − The authors aimed to describe a case of rare etiology hypocalcemia in child, and highlight the importance clinical suspicion for prompt diagnosis calcium disturbances.Case Report 5-year-old male child did not have any symptoms up 4 days prior presentation, but fever rash, followed by acute onset seizures prompted presentation pediatric emergency department. Clinical records revealed...

From 2003 to 2005, deaths of 3 individuals as a result of cardiac arrest caused by hypocalcemia during chelation therapy were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two were children, both of whom were treated with edetate disodium. At the time of this writing, the adult case was still under investigation. No previous cases of death resulting from hypocalcemia during chelat...

The most common complication of thyroid surgery is hypocalcemia. Fortunately, it is often slight and transient, but sometimes it can be critical and persistent. There have been a number of reports of seizures caused by hypocalcemia following thyroid surgery. In this report, we reported a female patient who presented with tonic-clonic seizures due to hypocalcemia twenty years after thyroid surge...

BACKGROUND
 Hypocalcemia is a frequent complication in patients after thyroid surgery. Especially permanent hypocalcemia the most common and it can cause significant morbidity. Also postoperative haemorhage uncommon life-threatening of In this study we compare calcium metabolism complications between oxidized regenerated cellulose gauze (OC) + conventional haemostasis versus surgery.
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Hypoparathyroidism is an abnormality of calcium metabolism characterized by low serum levels of parathyroid hormone in spite of hypocalcemia. The causes of hypoparathyroidism are numerous. Activating mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene are well-known causes of familial isolated hypoparathyroidism, also known as autosomal dominant hypocalcemia (ADH). Here we describe members of...

BACKGROUND Hypocalcemia is a well-recognized complication after total thyroidectomy. Hypovitaminosis D may have additional effect in the development of hypocalcemia. This study aimed to determine the effect of total thyroidectomy on postoperative serum calcium in patients with and without hypovitaminosis D. METHODS This prospective study was performed on patients who underwent total thyroidec...

OBJECTIVE Reoperative thyroid surgery is rare and has a high complication rate. This retrospective cohort study was performed to determine the recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and hypoparathyroidism rates after reoperative thyroid surgery in two university hospitals in Benghazi, Libya. MATERIAL AND METHODS All consecutive patients who underwent reoperative thyroid surgery between January 2002...

INTRODUCTION Hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common problems in newborns, and it is reported in about 60% of infants. Phototherapy is used extensively to treat these patients, and hypocalcemia is one important side effect of the phototherapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypocalcemia after phototherapy in full-term newborns that underwent phototherapy in Koodak...

Background: Perinatal asphyxia is one of common causes neonatal morbidity and mortality. Disorders electrolytes are more in the immediate postnatal period could affects outcomes neonates significantly. Therefore, we conducted this study with specific aims to describe electrolyte status asphyxiated find out several factors associated disorders neonates. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descri...

We herein report the case of a 41-year-old Japanese female office worker who developed symptomatic hypocalcemia with severe vitamin D deficiency following treatment for Graves' disease with methimazole. The patient's hypocalcemia was mainly caused by vitamin D deficiency due to unbalanced diets and inadequate exposure to sunlight in addition to the resolution of hyperthyroidism. Vitamin D defic...