Assertion: calcium carbonate | /r/ObjectUse | used as phosphate binder
Facets:
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: therapeutically
type: MANNER
value: in patients on maintenance haemodialysis
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Calcium carbonate is used therapeutically as phosphate binder in patients on maintenance haemodialysis.
text: It may be used as a phosphate binder for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia (primarily in patients with chronic kidney failure).
text: Calcium carbonate is used widely as an effective dietary calcium supplement, antacid, phosphate binder, or base material for medicinal tablets.
text: It may be used as a phosphate binder for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia (primarily in patients with chronic renal failure) when lanthanum carbonate is not prescribed.