title: Handling of induced hypercalcaemia in children with rheumatic and rheumatoid affections.
abstract: Induced hypercalcemia in rheumatic and rheumatoid children revealed the following : 1. Rheumatic and rheumatoid patients deal more effectively with induced hypercalcemia than control children. 2. A higher percentage of infused calcium in these patients is retained. This may by due to higher calcitionin activity relative to controls. 3. Induced hypercalcemia resulted in an increase in urinary 17 OH C.S. This is suggested to be due to stimulation of the adrenal cortex. These findings suggest that calcium infusion is an effective additional measure in the treatment of rheumatic and rheumatoid affection in the absence of contraindication to calcium.
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium