[2 dialysis cases which came to our clinic for the symptoms caused by hypercalcemia].
We'll report 2 dialysis cases which came to our clinic for the symptoms caused by hypercalcemia. Patients complained of sleeplessness, itching, headache, palpitation, apathy, akinesis, leanness, foot gangrene and so on. Hypercalcemia is one of the complication of vitamin D and calcium carbonate administration in chronic renal failure, though the frequency and risk are not clearly documented. Hypercalcemia aggravates the outcome of patients on dialysis and contributes to vascular calcification in long term. Recently various factors involving cardiovascular calcification are discussed, but first of all we must be very careful for the symptoms of hypercalcemia, and careful monitoring of plasma calcium concentration are recommended.
Shin
Jeongsoo
J
Motomachi HD Clinic.
Nishioka
Masato
M
Shinko
Satoko
S
Yamamoto
Takatoshi
T
Shibuya
Koji
K
Kasumoto
Hiroomi
H
Bito
Yoshiko
Y
Fujita
Yoshikazu
Y
Komaba
Keitaro
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000009:adverse effects*
D014807:Vitamin D; D002119:Calcium Carbonate