SEVERE HYPERCALCEMIA FOLLOWING NEONATAL LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
BARTOSH SM SPRAGUE SM NAKAGAWA Y BARON BW ARONSON AJ
Citation
Sm. Bartosh et al., SEVERE HYPERCALCEMIA FOLLOWING NEONATAL LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION, Mineral and electrolyte metabolism, 21(6), 1995, pp. 428-430
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Mineral and electrolyte metabolism → ACNP
ISSN journal
03780392
Volume
21
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
428 - 430
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-0392(1995)21:6<428:SHFNL>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A 3-week-old infant with liver failure underwent an orthotopic liver t ransplant. Following a prolonged second surgical procedure in which he received massive amounts of blood products, his serum calcium was 31. 3. mg/dl (7.8 mmol/l). This patient represents a case of severe hyperc alcemia secondary to intraoperative calcium infusions given in an effo rt to overcome infusion-related citrate toxicity in a neonate with hep atic dysfunction.