Hypercalcemia, metabolic alkalosis and renal failure secondary to calcium bicarbonate intake for osteoporosis prevention - 'Modern' milk alkali syndrome: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Waked, Alain ^a   Geara, Abdallah ^a   El Imad, Badiaa ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CREATININE; PHOSPHORUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; MILK ALKALI SYNDROME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 77953368246     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6188     Document Type: Article

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