Tetany: A diagnostic dilemma

Tetany is a disorder of increased neuronal excitability usually associated with hypocalcemia. We report a patient with typical tetanic cramps and carpopedal spasm in the postoperative period, despite normal serum concentrations of calcium, which responded to intravenous infusion of calcium.

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Autores principales: Williams, Aparna, Liddle, Dootika, Abraham, Valsa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897517
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.83691
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spelling pubmed-31614712011-09-06 Tetany: A diagnostic dilemma Williams, Aparna Liddle, Dootika Abraham, Valsa J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol Case Report Tetany is a disorder of increased neuronal excitability usually associated with hypocalcemia. We report a patient with typical tetanic cramps and carpopedal spasm in the postoperative period, despite normal serum concentrations of calcium, which responded to intravenous infusion of calcium. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3161471/ /pubmed/21897517 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.83691 Text en © Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161471/
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