All issues > Volume 36(2); 1993

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1993;36(2):223-231. Published online February 15, 1993.

Childhood Infection-associated Hypocalcemia

Mi Reong MR Kim¹, Seoung Hwan SH Kim¹, Hee-Shang HS Youn¹, Chong-Hwa CH Kim²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea
²Department of Obstetris and Gynecology, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Korea

Abstract

The causes of hypocalcemia in patients suffering from severe infection including sepsis are largely uncertain. So we measured serum albumin, total protein, cholesterol, PTH, and calcitonin of the infection-associated hypocalcemic chlidren and compared with those of normocalcemic children department of pediatrics of Gyeongsang National University Hospital. Hypocalcemic patients were compared to the decreased amount of serum albumin in the hypocalcemic group. We also observed appropriately elevated in the hypocalcemic patients. Serum calcitonin was elevated in both groups, but 6 times higher in the hypocalcemic group than in the normocalcemic one. Serum total calcium was positively correlated with serum albumin and negatively correlated with serum PTH and calcitonin.

Keywords :Infection, Hypocalcemia, Hypoalbuminemia, Hypocholesterolemia, Hypercalcitoninemia