[Chronic alcoholic liver disease. Ionized blood calcium measurements in 24 patients (author's transl)].
Measurements of ionized blood calcium were carried out in 38 subjects: 14 controls and 24 patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease (non-cirrhotic in 7, cirrhotic compensated in 2 and cirrhotic decompensated in 15). Compared with the control group, a significant decrease in ionized calcium was found in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Through secondary hyperparathyroidism, this hypocalcaemia might contribute to the demineralization of the bones observed in cirrhotic patients.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000097:blood*; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D002118:Calcium
Hépatopathies alcooliques chroniques: mesure de la calcémie ionisée chez 24 malades.