[Hypocalcemia is an "accelerator" for the death of patients with nervous system injury]

Zhonghua Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue. 2018 Sep;30(9):907-909. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-4352.2018.09.017.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

In clinical diagnosis and treatment, the occurrence of hypocalcemia during severe nervous system damage is not uncommon but is easily neglected so that delayed treatment, further injurie and even death. It can provide theoretical support for the evaluation of the early identification in calcium ion imbalance and the development of standard calcium ion monitoring program for patients with critical disease by integrating the clinical symptoms induced by low blood calcium based on severe nervous system injury and analyzing the correlation among them.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Hypocalcemia / complications*
  • Trauma, Nervous System / mortality*
  • Trauma, Nervous System / therapy