Neonatology textbooks define neonatal hypocalcemia (NHC) as a serum total calcium (Ca) concentration of <7.0 to <8.0 mg/dl, or a serum ionized Ca (iCa) concentration of <2.5 to 4.0 mg/dl. Studies ...

If calcium is elevated on a metabolic panel (usually done because the patient has hypertension or diabetes mellitus), I typically determine ionized calcium and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. If the ...

TOPLINE: Ionized hypocalcemia is seen in at least one in six pediatric patients with major trauma admitted to the emergency department (ED). Researchers performed a meta-analysis of three studies to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend has been diagnosed with high blood calcium, and when I googled it, the results concerned me. Can you give information on this and how to discuss it with the doctor? I want to ...