Background: Hyperbilirubinemia is the single most common abnormal physical finding in the first week of life and is commonly managed by phototherapy with its inherent complications.  A lesser known complication of the phototherapy is hypocalcemia. Objective: To study the prevalence of phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia and to compare it between premature and full-term babies. Methods: This study...

Hypogammaglobulinemia is characterized as a deficiency in humoral immunity. Humoral immunity deficiencies include the absence of B cells and/or serum immunoglobulins. Common clinical features include a predisposition toward infections naturally defended against through antibody-mediated responses. Clinical manifestations of this condition, in the parturient, may contraindicate neuraxial anesthe...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Hypocalcemia is common in the initial period after total laryngectomy. The purpose of the present study was to study the incidence of and risk factors for postlaryngectomy hypocalcemia at our institution. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective review of 65 consecutive total laryngectomies. METHODS Clinical data and calcium levels for the first postoperative week were collected. Bi...

Hypocalcemia is a common complication following thyroidectomy. However, the incidence of postoperative hypocalcemia varies widely in the literature, and factors associated with hypocalcemia after thyroid surgery are not well established. We aimed to identify incidence trends and independent risk factors of postoperative hypocalcemia using the nationwide inpatient sample (NIS) database from 1998...

Hypocalcemia is a significant adverse effect of denosumab. We herein report a case of prolonged hypocalcemia in a patient with multiple risk factors for hypocalcemia, including gastrectomy, increased bone turnover, and a poor performance status. Hypocalcemia developed after denosumab treatment for diffuse bone metastasis of gastric cancer, despite oral supplementation with vitamin D and calcium...

BACKGROUND To investigate the role of magnesium in biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcemia, a retrospective study was conducted. METHODS Less-than-total thyroidectomy patients were excluded from the final analysis. Identified the risk factors of biochemical and symptomatic hypocalcemia, and investigated the correlation by logistic regression and correlation test respectively. RESULTS A tot...

OBJECTIVES High incidence of hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy is a major determinant in delay of discharge. Even though many studies have focused on the search for reliable early predictors of postoperative hypocalcemia, definitions of hypocalcemia are diverse; therefore, interpretation and application of previously reported findings may not be easy. We aimed to elucidate diverse patterns of po...

generalized pustular psoriasis with hypoparathyroidism has been reported previously often as a post thyroidectomy syndrome with hypoalbuminemia and hypocalcemia. but reports on association of pustular psoriasis with idiopathic hypoparathyroidism are very rare, and almost all of them occurred in patients with known psoriasis vulgaris. we report one of the youngest cases of this association in a ...

HYPOTHESIS A variety of clinical and biochemical variables may be associated with hypocalcemia after surgery for parathyroid adenoma. DESIGN A prospective study of patients who underwent surgery for solitary parathyroid adenoma. SETTING A university hospital department of surgery. PATIENTS Eighty-six consecutive patients who underwent surgery for solitary parathyroid adenoma. INTERVENTI...