background: jaundice is one of the most common problems occurring in the neonatal period. it is commonly managed by phototherapy with its inherent complications. however, this treatment modality may itself result in the development of hypocalcaemia and create serious complications including convulsion and related conditions. objective: to determine the effect of phototherapy on serum calcium le...

BACKGROUND Calcium supplementation has been proposed after bilateral thyroid surgery, either to all patients or to those with biochemical hypocalcaemia. It has also been suggested that supplementation aids parathyroid recovery and prevents permanent hypoparathyroidism. This single-centre study investigated the feasibility of a restrictive management of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia. METHOD...

BACKGROUND Hyperglycemia and hypocalcaemia have separately been attributed to adverse outcomes in critically ill patients. The study was aim determine whether hyperglycemia and hypocalcaemia together post-operative effect of thyroidectomy and evaluate the gender & age impact on the extend of clinical condition. METHODS All the patients underwent thyroidectomy in the duration of 1st Jan 2012 t...

ypocalcaemia is one of the more acute complications of total thyroidectomy and occurs after parathyroid injury during surgery. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence rate and risk factors of transient and permanent hypocalcaemia in patients who had undergone total thyroidectomy, due to malignant thyroid diseases and to determine the value of parathyroid gland autotranplantation in thy...

BACKGROUND Hypocalcaemia is a well recognized complication of thyroid surgery. We have compared the prevalence of hypocalcaemia in our patients following ligation and non-ligation of the inferior thyroid artery (ITA) during thyroid surgery. METHODS A prospective observational study was done from January 2000 to December 2004, at Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi. All patients undergoing s...

Abstract Introduction Hypocalcaemia is a frequent, and potentially dangerous, complication of total thyroidectomy [1, 2]. This quality improvement (QI) project was undertaken in large ENT department the East England over year. The improved postoperative guideline compliance by optimising recognition management patients at risk hypocalcaemia. process focussed on improving parathyroid hormone (PT...

To assess whether magnesium treatment in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is associated with hypocalcaemia and whether hypocalcaemia in these patients is associated with an increased risk of delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) and poor outcome. All 137 patients randomized in the clinically controlled "Magnesium in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage" trial were included. The relationshi...

Postoperative hypocalcaemia is the most frequent and common complication after total thyroidectomy. It is necessary to diagnose or to predict hypocalcaemia immediately after total thyroidectomy for minimizing complications. A prospective observational study was carried out in the Department of Clinical Pathology in collaboration with Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Department of Surger...

A patient with an untreated carcinoma of the prostate was admitted with dehydration, stupor and a surprisingly deep hypocalcaemia. The severe hypocalcaemia was largely attributed to extensive osteoblastic activity due to widespread skeletal metastases although contributing factors to the severity of the hypocalcaemia were a relative vitamin D deficiency, hypomagnesaemia and renal impairment, pr...