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This document provides a step-by-step approach to the initial assessment and management of adult patients with acute hypercalcaemia. It covers the causes, clinical features, investigation and treatment options, including intravenous saline, bisphosphonates, glucocorticoids and calcimimetics.
8 Μαρ 2024 · Very high calcium levels can be a medical emergency. You might need treatment with IV fluids in the hospital to quickly lower your calcium level. This helps prevent heart rhythm problems or damage to the nervous system. You also might need medicines called loop diuretics if your calcium level stays high.
8 Μαρ 2024 · Treatment for hypercalcemia should be aimed both at lowering the serum calcium concentration and, if possible, treating the underlying disease. Effective treatments reduce serum calcium by inhibiting bone resorption, increasing urinary calcium excretion, or decreasing intestinal calcium absorption . The optimal choice varies with the cause and ...
7 Μαΐ 2024 · Many processes causing hypercalcemia are benign and have simple treatment options that lead to a good prognosis, such as medication-induced hypercalcemia and primary hyperparathyroidism. When hypercalcemia is due to malignancy or granulomatous disorders, the prognosis may be very poor.
Learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of hypercalcemia, a disorder that results from high calcium levels in the blood. Find out how to rule out malignancy and hyperparathyroidism, and how to use hydration, diuretics, and bisphosphonates to lower calcium.
6 Απρ 2023 · Hyperparathyroidism may be treated with cinacalcet. Granulomatous diseases may be treated with glucocorticoid. [2] For severe or symptomatic hypercalcemia, usually add: Calcitonin to rapidly reduce calcium. Bisphosphonate to maintain reduction in calcium level.
2 Ιουν 2015 · Treatment with a calcimimetic agent, cinacalcet, is an option in selected cases. Severe hypercalcaemia requires admission to hospital and treatment with aggressive intravenous hydration and bisphosphonates along with treatment of the underlying disease.
