Diagnosaurus
Hypocalcemia
Etiology
Decreased intake or absorption
- Malabsorption or small bowel bypass
- Vitamin D deficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D)
- Alcoholism
- Chronic renal insufficiency
- Diuretic therapy
- Hypoparathyroidism (including hypomagnesemia) or pseudohypoparathyroidism
- Sepsis
- Calcitonin secretion with thyroid medullary carcinoma
- Familial hypocalcemia
- Decreased serum albumin (normal ionized calcium ion)
- Hyperphosphatemia
- Decreased end-organ response to vitamin D
- Loop diuretics, aminoglycosides, foscarnet
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Hypocalcemia." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114278/all/Hypocalcemia.
Zeiger RFR. Hypocalcemia. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114278/all/Hypocalcemia. Accessed May 15, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Hypocalcemia. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114278/all/Hypocalcemia
Zeiger RFR. Hypocalcemia [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 15]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114278/all/Hypocalcemia.
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