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Understanding Hypercalcemia Causes & Effects

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HYPERCALCEMIA

ELEVATED LEVELS OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD


NORMAL RANGE: 2.1-2-6 mmalle / 8.5-10-3 mg /aL

CALCIUM METABOLISM -99% FOUND IN BONES

THE 3 B'S

BONES
BLOOD (clotting factors)
BEATS (heart beats)
3 MAIN HORMONES
REGULATED BY

-PARATHYROID HORMONE
Increases Calcium concentration in the blood
-CALCITONIN HORMONE
Puts a ton of calcium into the bones
-CALCITRIOL
It blood calcium by stopping
MAIN CA U SES O F
HYPER CA LC EM IA

-HYPERPARATHYROIDISM
-ANTACIDS
-MALIGNANCIES CANCER CELLS
HYPERCALCEMIA
HYPERCALCEMIA
HYPERCALCEMIA
NURSING
INTERVENTIONS
CLINICAL
MANIFESTATIONS

"Stones, bones, groans, and psychiatric

overtones"

Stones → Nephrolithiasis

Bones → Bone pain

Groans → Abdominal pain

Psychiatric overtones → Depression, anxiety,

confusion
CLINICAL
MANIFESTATIONS

SHORT QT INTERVAL

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