A well-nourished alcoholic patient developed a subacute myopathy which responded rapidly to correction of severe hypomagnesaemia. The finding of profound hypocalcaemia prompted the measurement of serum magnesium. Magnesium deficiency should be looked for in any alcoholic patient with a myopathy as the prognosis seems better than in many other forms of alcoholic myopathy. Correction of the magne...

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been declared as a pandemic affecting several millions of people worldwide. It varied clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic to critical illness. led the mortality affected individuals. However, prognosis seems vary one person other and efforts are being made identify prognostic factors. Hypocalcaemia identified poor factor with high frequency ...

Abstract Background Hypocalcaemia is the most common complication after parathyroid surgery. The aim of this project was to evaluate effectiveness currently used departmental protocol in detecting and managing patients with post-parathyroidectomy hypocalcaemia. Methods All consecutive who underwent first-time parathyroidectomy (without concomitant thyroidectomy) for primary hyperparathyroidism ...

Pseudohypoparathyroidism is a rare disorder which is characterized by end organ parathormone resistance, which causes hypocalcaemia, hyperphosphataemia and high parathormone levels. We are reporting here case of a young male who had symptoms of chronic hypocalcaemia, with a positive Trousseau's and Chvostek's sign on examination, without any features of Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy. Lab...