[How should we manage serum calcium concentration in an hemodialysed patient?].
A disorder in serum calcium concentration is present in the majority of patients undergoing hemodialysis, indicating an abnormal net input of calcium, from bone and/or intestine, into the extracellular fluid. Identifying the cause and the pathophysiological mechanisms that are involved allows to treat and/or prevent the disorders in serum calcium levels. The recent release of new drugs and professionnal guidelines should allow to decrease the incidence of hypercalcemia.
Houillier
Pascal
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Département de physiologie radio-isotopes, hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France. pascal.houillier@egp.aphp.fr
D002117:Calcitriol / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood*; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*
D002117:Calcitriol; D002118:Calcium