Antacid-induced acute hypercalcemia: An increasingly common and potentially dangerous occurrence

Hypercalcemia is frequently encountered in both hospital wards and the primary care setting; 90% of cases can be attributed to primary hyperparathyroidism and malignancy. However, a minority are caused by medications, of which calcium supplements have been an increasingly common etiology. We are pre...

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Main Authors: Emanuela Cimpeanu, Aytan Mammadova, Jose Valdes Bracamontes, Philip Otterbeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-05-01
Series:SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20921335