hypercalcaemia

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hypercalcaemia

or

hypercalcemia

n
(Medicine) med a heightened level of calcium in the blood
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Noun1.hypercalcaemia - the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease
symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
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Patients may also present with secondary neurological disorders such as metabolic encephalopathies secondary to hypoxia-ischaemia, hypoglycaemia, hepatic failure, azotaemia, hypercalcaemia and nervous system disorders secondary to nutritional deficiencies and endocrine dysfunction.
Electrolytes and acid-base balance Systemic iCa imbalances stood out, with hypocalcaemia being much more common than hypercalcaemia, though most were asymptomatic, and all severe events were related to operational errors.
Signs and symptoms of hypercalcaemia are non-specific and are compounded by the manifestations of the affected target organs.
Vitamin D is absorbed from the gut and metabolised into a chemical called calcitrol, which enhances resorption of calcium from bones and absorption of calcium from the intestine and kidney, resulting in hypercalcaemia.
Systemic lupus erythematosus and hypercalcaemia: case report and brief review of the literature.
Guise, "Hypercalcaemia of malignancy and basic research on mechanisms responsible for osteolytic and osteoblastic metastasis to bone," Endocrine Related Cancer, vol.
Cipriani, "The diagnosis and management of hypercalcaemia," British Medical Journal (Clinical Research), vol.
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