title: [Variations in the ratio of total calcium to plasma calcium ions in chronic liver diseases].
abstract: Total Ca and Ca++ were evaluated with a Perkin Elmer 305 atomic absorption spectrophotometer and a specific Orion 93-20 electrode respectively in 29 cirrhotics and 76 non-cirrhotics. Stress is laid on the reliability of the Orion electrode. Mean C++ was 52.02 +/- 4.46 mg% in the non-cirrhotics, in cirrhotics was 49.90 mg% +/- 6.14 mg%. An inverted ratio vis-à-vis total Ca was also noted: 54.73 +/- 3.65% in the cirrhotics and 56.51 +/- 3.73% in the non-cirrhotics. Although lacking in significance, these data underscore the importance of both partial and total evaluation of plasma Ca in the prevention of mistaken therapeutic approaches when liver patients.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Variazioni del rapporto Ca totale-Ca++ plasmatico nelle epatopatie croniche.