A case of extensive burn injury with hypercalcemia caused by calcium ion absorption from the wound dressing
Due to abnormalities in bone metabolism and an inability to produce normal vitamin D levels in the skin, patients with extensive burns often present with hypocalcemia, not hypercalcemia. In this report, we present a rare case of acute hypercalcemia caused by silver-containing calcium alginate fibers...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Burns Open |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468912219300574 |