HYPERCALCEMIA is a clinical finding that is usually controlled by relatively simple procedures but occasionally presents an acute medical emergency. It occurs in a wide variety of disorders such as ...

Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is the most common metabolic complication seen in patients with cancer, and is associated with a high degree of morbidity and mortality. It affects an estimated 2%–30 ...

Hypercalcemia affects up to 30% of patients with cancer. 1 It has been seen in most cancers but is most common in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, multiple myeloma, head and ...

Yes, your body needs calcium. But can you get too much of a good thing? Reviewed by Dietitian Karen Ansel, M.S., RDN Calcium is the most abundant mineral in your body. You probably already know you ...

Calcium is an essential element for normal physiologic function. Normal serum calcium is maintained within a close range of 8.4 to 10.4 mg/dL, and acute or severe changes can result in serious cardiac ...

Hypercalcemia—dangerously elevated calcium in the blood—is rare in children, but when it appears in hospitalized infants and ...

Case 1. A 46-year-old single railroad worker was admitted to the Mount Sinai Hospital for the 2nd time on October 3, 1955, because of fever, back pain and weakness. In 1942 he noticed 2 enlarged lymph ...

New research attempts to answer some of the mystery related to the causes and impact of hypercalcemia in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Hypercalcemia is caused by many factors in ...

The authors used Ovid Medline to search for human trials on hypercalcemia and furosemide from 1950 to April 2008, and articles related to bisphosphonates and hypercalcemia during the same period.

Hypercalcemia at diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was found to be strongly correlated with adverse prognostic factors and a short diagnosis-to-treatment interval. Data published in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PHILADELPHIA — Although rare, hypercalcemia should be treated as a potential threat for patients with from ...