| Neonatal hypocalcemia: clinical manifestations and prognosis. |
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Jeong Lim Kim, Heung Dong Kim, Chang Jun Coe |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea |
| 신생아 저칼슘혈증의 임상적 특징 및 예후에 대한 고찰 |
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김정림, 김흥동, 고창준 |
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연세대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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Received: 9 February 1991 • Accepted: 22 March 1991 |
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| Abstract |
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Hypocalcemia during the newborn period is relatively common particularly in infants with predis-
posing factors, such as prematurity, low birth weight, birth asphyxia and diabetic mothers and it is
often manifested by various clinical findings. Some authors have reported that in some cases of the
neonatal hypocalcemia, there were neurologic deficits such as irritability and convulsion, and neur-
ologic sequelae on follow up. It is more common for early hypocalcemia, which takes place in the first
two to three days of life, to be an association of complicated conditions as perinatal asphyxia, hyaline
membrane disease, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, sepsis and so on, and of neurologic sequelae.
Total 104 patients with neonatal hypocalcemia who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics,
Severance Hospital of Yonsei University College of Medicine from Jan. 1985 to May 1990, were
reviewed clinically and following results were obtained.
1) The percentage of the early and late hypocalcemia was 60% and 40% respectively.
2) It was more common for early hypocalcemia to be associated with prematurity, low birth
weight, severe asphyxia and respiratory distress than late hypocalcemia and it has statistical signifi-
cance (p<0,01).
3) There were neurologic sequelae in 50% and 37% of follow-up cases as early and late neonatal
hypocalcemia, respectively.
4) There were neurologic sequelae in 40% and 50% of follow-up cases as simple and complicated
neonatal hypocalcemia, respectively. |
| Key Words:
Newborn, Hypocalcemia, Neurologic outcome |
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