title: The incidence and causes of hypercalcaemia.
abstract: A prospective screen for hypercalcaemia in 58,053 hospital in-patients was conducted over 12 months. The incidence of hypercalcaemia was 0.6%, being transient in 19.2% of patients and sustained in the remainder. The most common causes in the sustained group were malignancy (45%) and primary hyperparathyroidism (16.5%). The incidence of primary hyperparathyroidism was 78/100,000 hospital in-patients, and its discovery was directly attributable to the survey in over half the cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Dent
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Klaff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barron
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006961:Hyperparathyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D007297:Inpatients; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013019:South Africa