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- Title
Vitamin D Deficiency Rickets in Infants Presenting with Hypocalcaemic Convulsions.
- Authors
Cesur, Y.; Yuca, S. A.; Kaya, A.; Yilmaz, C.; Bay, A.
- Abstract
Aim: Hypocalcaemia evaluation of the clinical, biochemical and radiological features of 91 infants with rickets who presented as hypocalcaemic convulsions. Subjects andMethods: Ninety-one hypocalcaemic infants who were brought to hospital with convulsion and diag-nosed with rickets related to vitamin D deficiency according to their clinical, biochemical and radio-logical features were retrospectively reviewed. Results: Mean values of the laboratory data were as follows: calcium 5.55 ± 0.79 mg/dL, phosphorus 4.77 ± 1.66 mg/dL, alkaline phosphatase 1525.5 ± 925.4 U/L and parathormone 256.8 ± 158.3 pg/mL. Serum 25-OH vitamin D levels were below normal (< 20 ng/mL) in 37 infants. Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency should be considered in infants presenting with hypocalcaemia. To avoid complications such as convulsions, clinicians should give vitamin D supplementation to such infants.
- Subjects
VITAMIN D deficiency; RICKETS; HYPOCALCEMIA; ALKALINE phosphatase; PARATHYROID hormone; HOSPITALS
- Publication
West Indian Medical Journal, 2013, Vol 62, Issue 3, p201
- ISSN
0043-3144
- Publication type
Article