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Disorders of Calcium: Hypercalcemia

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This chapter provides causes, evaluation, clinical manifestations, biochemical abnormalities, and treatment of acute and chronic hypercalcemia explicitly. Discussion on topics such as primary hyperparathyroidism, milk (calcium) alkali syndrome, PTH-related peptide, malignancy and hypercalcemia, granulomatous diseases, hypercalcemia in critically ill patients, and checkpoint inhibitors and hypercalcemia is presented.

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    Alluru S. Reddi

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Reddi, A.S. (2023). Disorders of Calcium: Hypercalcemia. In: Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25810-7_19

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