Hypocalcemia in acute pancreatitis revisited

Hypocalcemia is a frequent finding in acute pancreatitis. Severe hypocalcemia can present with neurological as well as cardiovascular manifestations. Correction of hypocalcemia by parenteral calcium infusion remains a controversial topic as intracellular calcium overload is the central mechanism of...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Armin, Azim, Afzal, Gurjar, Mohan, Baronia, Arvind Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27076730
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.178182
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author Ahmed, Armin
Azim, Afzal
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description Hypocalcemia is a frequent finding in acute pancreatitis. Severe hypocalcemia can present with neurological as well as cardiovascular manifestations. Correction of hypocalcemia by parenteral calcium infusion remains a controversial topic as intracellular calcium overload is the central mechanism of acinar cell injury in pancreatitis. The current article deals with the art and science of calcium correction in pancreatitis patients.
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spelling pubmed-48108962016-04-13 Hypocalcemia in acute pancreatitis revisited Ahmed, Armin Azim, Afzal Gurjar, Mohan Baronia, Arvind Kumar Indian J Crit Care Med Brief Communication Hypocalcemia is a frequent finding in acute pancreatitis. Severe hypocalcemia can present with neurological as well as cardiovascular manifestations. Correction of hypocalcemia by parenteral calcium infusion remains a controversial topic as intracellular calcium overload is the central mechanism of acinar cell injury in pancreatitis. The current article deals with the art and science of calcium correction in pancreatitis patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4810896/ /pubmed/27076730 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.178182 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Hypocalcemia in acute pancreatitis revisited
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27076730
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.178182
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