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Ionised hypocalcaemia in emergency and acute medicine

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Published in 2022 at "BMJ Case Reports"

DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2022-251611

Abstract: Acute hypocalcaemia can be life-threatening and must be diagnosed promptly. The gold-standard investigation is ionised calcium, which is measured on most blood gas analysers. Total calcium measurements are inaccurate in severe depletion even if ‘corrected’… read more here.

Keywords: calcium; hypocalcaemia; emergency acute; ionised calcium ... See more keywords