PHOSPHATE, SULFATE, AND HYPERCALCEMIA
Authors: RALPH S. GOLDSMITH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1967)

Letters and Comments1 August 1967PHOSPHATE, SULFATE, AND HYPERCALCEMIARALPH S. GOLDSMITH, M.D., SIDNEY H. INGBAR, M.D.RALPH S. GOLDSMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SIDNEY H. INGBAR, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-67-2-463 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the Editor: We have read with great interest the report by Drs. Shackney and Hasson describing the occurrence in two patients of hypocalcemia, hypotension, oliguria, and death as a complication of the rapid intravenous infusion of phosphate salts in the treatment of hypercalcemia (Ann. Intern. Med. 66: 906, 1967). Almost simultaneously, Breuer and LeBauer (1) have reported in the May 1967 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism an additional patient in whom a similar outcome was observed.In view of these adverse effects, it appeared propitious to describe briefly the results of our continuing experience with...References References1. BREUERLEBAUER RIJ: Caution in the use of phosphates in the treatment of severe hypercalcemia. J. Clin. Endocr. 27: 695, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. GOLDSMITHINGBAR RSSH: Inorganic phosphate treatment of hypercalcemia of diverse etiologies. New Eng. J. Med. 274: 1, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. GOLDSMITHINGBAR RSSH: Letter to the editor. Ibid., p. 284. Google Scholar4. HEBERTLEMANNPETERSENLENNON LAJJREJ: Studies of the mechanism by which phosphate infusion lowers serum calcium concentration. J. Clin. Invest. 45: 1886, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar1. HEBERTLEMANNPETERSONLENNON LAJJREJ: Studies of the mechanism by which phosphate infusion lowers serum calcium concentration. J. Clin. Invest. 45: 1886, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. CHAKMAKJIANBETHUNE ZHJE: Sodium sulfate in hypercalcemia. New Eng. J. Med. 275: 862, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: RALPH S. GOLDSMITH, M.D.; SIDNEY H. INGBAR, M.D.Affiliations: Thorndike Memorial Laboratory Boston City Hospital Boston, Mass. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDisorders of Mineral Metabolism in MalignancyCalcium homeostasis and the pathogenesis and management of hypercalcemic disordersPulmonary Calcification in a Patient with Multiple MyelomaTumor-Induced HypercalcemiaMithramycin treatment of hypercalcemiaRenal Complications of LymphomaJOSEPH M. KIELY, M.D., F.A.C.P., RICHARD D. WAGONER, M.D., F.A.C.P., KEITH E. HOLLEY, M.D.Hypercalcemic crisis in acute leukemiaHypercalcemic crisis treated with inorganic phosphate solutionPHOSPHATE FOR HYPERCALCEMIAO. BETTER, J. SHARF, J. HEMLI, S. BRANDSTAETTER 1 August 1967Volume 67, Issue 2Page: 463-464KeywordsEndocrinologyHypercalcemiaHypocalcemiaHypotensionPhosphatesSaltsSulfates ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1967 PDF downloadLoading ...