Understanding low calcium: causes, symptoms and treatment

This episode makes reference to guidelines produced for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust. Please note that the content on this channel reflects my professional interpretation/summary of the guidance and that I am in no way affiliated with, employed by or funded/sponsored by them.

My name is Fernando Florido and I am a General Practitioner in the United Kingdom. In this episode, I go through the management of hypocalcaemia, in particular, we will look at the guidance on the management of hypocalcaemia in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and in Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, always focusing on what is relevant in Primary Care only.

I am not giving medical advice; this episode is intended for health care professionals; it is only my summary and my interpretation of the guidelines and you must use your clinical judgement.

Tracks:
00:00 – Introduction and welcome
00:31 – Calcium metabolism
01:23 – Definition and causes
05:40 – Signs and symptoms
07:47 – Investigations and monitoring
08:45 – Treatment
12:53 – Thank you and good-bye

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The resources consulted can be found here:

The guidance on the management of hypocalcaemia by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust can be found here:
• https://pathlabs.rlbuht.nhs.uk/Guidel...

The guidance on the management of hypocalcaemia by the Adult Therapeutics Handbook for the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde can be found here:
• https://handbook.ggcmedicines.org.uk/...

Calcium – The Lancet - Bushinksy DA, Monk RD. Calcium. Lancet 1998; 352 (9124): 306-311:

• https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...