NOUN
- the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease
How To Use hypercalcemia In A Sentence
- The hypercalcemia is easily treatable by hydration and withdrawal of the calcium containing antacids.
- Therefore, to diagnose hypercalcemia in a suspected case, one must obtain at least three separate measurements of the serum calcium.
- Suddenly as many as 12% of cases of people with these related problems had hypercalcemia. Milk-Alkali Syndrome
- Increased bone resorption, increased gastrointestinal absorption of calcium, and decreased renal excretion of calcium cause hypercalcemia.
- In the chronic therapy of hypercalcemia caused by increased bone resorption or increased intestinal calcium absorption glucocorticoids are effective.
- Occasionally, hypercalcemia can develop in patients with advanced renal failure and who have been receiving long-term dialysis.
- In cases of resistant, life-threatening hypercalcemia, hemodialysis against a low-calcium dialysate is more effective than peritoneal dialysis in lowering serum calcium levels.
- And the calcium levels in the blood went too high, or hypercalcemia. Milk-Alkali Syndrome
- The syndrome is now the third most common cause of high blood calcium levels, say researchers, accounting for between 8 percent and 38 percent of all hospital admissions due to hypercalcemia in the United States. Moderation in all things—including calcium supplements
- In the chronic therapy of hypercalcemia caused by increased bone resorption or increased intestinal calcium absorption glucocorticoids are effective.
