Acute hypercalcemic crisis
Max, M.
Heart and Lung the Journal of Critical Care 5(4): 624-626
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0147-9563 PMID: 132413 Document Number: 108229
Although hypercalcemia may be caused by extraparathyroid disease and controlled with various medications, acute hypercalcemic crisis is a surgical emergency. All nonperative measures are directed toward diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism and preparation for operation. Parathyroidectomy is indicated even in the absence of definite evidence of a functioning parathyroid tumor in patients when nonoperative methods fail. Prompt medical therapy and timely surgical intervention will result in success in the vast majority of patients with hypercalcemic crises.