Hypocalcaemia after an occult calcium channel blocker overdose: a case report and literature review

David Price; Joshua Radke; Timothy Albertson

doi:10.1111/bcpt.12121

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Hypocalcaemia after an occult calcium channel blocker overdose: a case report and literature review

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Hypocalcaemia after an occult calcium channel blocker overdose: a case report and literature review

David Price, Joshua Radke and Timothy Albertson

Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, Vol.114(2), pp.217-221

02/2014

DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12121

PMID: 24034162

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Abstract

Hypocalcaemia is a rare complication of calcium channel blocker overdose, having been reported only once previously (J Toxicol Clin Toxicol, 1992, 30, 309). In this article, we report a case of a 37-year-old woman who developed hypocalcaemia after a verapamil overdose, review the literature and propose a mechanism for this rare finding.

Adult

Calcium - blood

Calcium Channel Blockers - poisoning

Critical Illness - therapy

Drug Overdose - blood

Drug Overdose - pathology

Female

Humans

Hypocalcemia - blood

Hypocalcemia - etiology

Hypocalcemia - pathology

Treatment Outcome

Verapamil - administration & dosage

Verapamil - poisoning

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Title: Subtitle: Hypocalcaemia after an occult calcium channel blocker overdose: a case report and literature review
Creators: David Price - University of California, Davis
Joshua Radke - University of California, Davis
Timothy Albertson - University of California, Davis
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, Vol.114(2), pp.217-221
DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12121
PMID: 24034162
ISSN: 1742-7835
eISSN: 1742-7843
Language: English
Date published: 02/2014
Academic Unit: Emergency Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984297134002771

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