Progressive hypercalcemia during continuous arterio-venous ultrafiltration (SCUF)
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H E van der Wiel1, H J Voerman, L G Thijs
1Medical Intensive Care Unit, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case report is described of a patient who developed severe hypercalcemia during slow continuous arterio-venous ultrafiltration (SCUF). Which was instituted because of refractory congestive heart failure with pulmonary edema. The hypercalcemia was due to a preexisting mild hyperparathyroidism and aggressive fluid removal by SCUF. The differential diagnosis of hypercalcemia in the intensive care ward is discussed.