Hypocalcemia Diagnosis

Diagnosis for Hypocalcemia include many test such as:

1. Determination of serum calcium: normal serum albumin concentration, serum calcium <2.2mmol / L (8.5mg / dl), Diagnosed as hypocalcemia.

2. Determination of serum phosphorus: increased serum phosphorus and calcium to reduce because of many acute and chronic renal failure, or idiopathic, pseudo-hyperparathyroidism due to lower serum phosphorus hypocalcemia found in malabsorption, vitamin D lack of acute pancreatitis and acute renal failure and polyuria period.

3. Determination of phosphorus in urine: a low serum calcium and increased urinary phosphorus found in a lack of vitamin D, malabsorption, etc., for many lower urinary phosphorus or pseudo-idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and magnesium lack.

4. Determination of serum PTH: PTH increased serum vitamin D found in the lack of malabsorption, acute or chronic renal failure. Such as pseudo-hyperparathyroidism, lower serum PTH for many idiopathic hyperparathyroidism, acute pancreatitis and magnesium lack. 5.25 1 Determination of hydroxyl bile alcohol ossification of normal reference value of this 15-80g/ml. Hepatobiliary system diseases when 25 (OH) D3 generation reduction in vitamin D deficiency rickets of the main chemical characteristics of plasma 25 (OH) D3 lack, and the pseudo-vitamin D deficiency in patients with blood 25 (OH) D3 concentration normal.

Other tests such as ECG is also performed for diagnose hypocalcemia, ECG present such QT time extended, ST extended, T-wave inversion or Low.