Avaliação da hipocalcemia

Last reviewed: 23 Sep 2025
Last updated: 09 Oct 2024

Summary

Differentials

Common

  • Hipoparatireoidismo iatrogênico pós-cirúrgico
  • Deficiência de vitamina D
  • Hipomagnesemia
  • Hiperventilação
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Uncommon

  • Hipoparatireoidismo isolado
  • Pseudo-hipoparatireoidismo
  • Hipoparatireoidismo autoimune
  • Hipoparatireoidismo relacionado ao vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV)
  • Hipermagnesemia
  • Hiperfosfatemia
  • Hipercalciúria
  • Sepse
  • Queimaduras
  • Insuficiência renal
  • Pancreatite aguda
  • Metástases ósseas osteoblásticas extensivas
  • Síndrome do osso faminto
  • Hipocalcemia induzida por medicamentos
  • Transfusões múltiplas
  • Hipoalbuminemia
  • Interferência medicamentosa com ensaio
  • Hipoparatireoidismo infiltrante
  • Síndrome de DiGeorge e outros complexos de desenvolvimento
  • Rabdomiólise
  • Síndrome da lise tumoral
  • Ativação constitutiva do receptor sensor de cálcio (CASR) por mutações ou ativação autoimune do CASR
  • Resistência à vitamina D ou mutações do receptor
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Contributors

Authors

John Ayuk, MD, FRCP

Consultant Endocrinologist/Service Lead for Endocrinology

Department of Endocrinology

Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Birmingham

UK

Disclosures

JA declares that he has no competing interests.

Neil Gittoes, BSc, MB ChB, PhD, FRCP

Consultant Endocrinologist and Honorary Professor of Endocrinology

Department of Endocrinology

Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Queen Elizabeth Medical Centre

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Birmingham

UK

Disclosures

NG has received consultancy fees from Takeda and Ascendis for work on hypoparathyroidism. NG is an author of references cited in this topic.

Acknowledgements

Dr John Ayuk and Prof Neil Gittoes would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Berhane Seyoum, a previous contributor to this topic.

Disclosures

BS declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Shehzad Basaria, MD

Assistant Professor

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore

MD

Disclosures

SB declares that he has no competing interests.

Lawrence Kirschner, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

The Ohio State University

Columbus

OH

Disclosures

LK declares that he has no competing interests.

Richard Quinton, MD

Consultant and Senior Lecturer

Endocrine Unit

Newcastle University and Royal Victoria Infirmary

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

UK

Disclosures

RQ has been reimbursed by Amgen, the manufacturer of cinacalcet, for attending a conference and for giving an educational seminar (total under £1,200 over past 3 years).

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Key articles

Cooper MS, Gittoes NJ. Diagnosis and management of hypocalcaemia. BMJ. 2008 Jun 7;336(7656):1298-302.Full text  Abstract

Turner J, Gittoes N, Selby P, et al. Society for endocrinology endocrine emergency guidance: emergency management of acute hypocalcaemia in adult patients. Endocr Connect. 2016 Sep;5(5):G7-8.Full text  Abstract

Hannan FM, Thakker RV. Investigating hypocalcaemia. BMJ. 2013 May 9;346:f2213.

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