Tests in Calcium Disorders: Hypercalcemia
Dec.15, 2009 in
Serum Electrolytes and Protein-Calorie Malnutrition
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Symptoms referable to hypercalcemia itself are very nonspecific; they include vomiting, constipation, polydipsia and polyuria, and mental confusion. Coma may develop in severe cases. There may be renal stones or soft tissue calcification. Hypercalcemia is most often detected on routine multitest biochemical screening panels, either in asymptomatic persons or incidental to symptoms from some disease […]