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Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 711-714 , April 2009

Calcium-Alkali Syndrome Due to Vitamin D Administration and Magnesium Oxide Administration

Shigeru Hanada, MD
- Department of Nephrology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Address correspondence to Shigeru Hanada, MD, Department of Nephrology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
Mari Iwamoto, MD
- Department of Nephrology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Namiko Kobayashi, MD
- Department of Nephrology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Ryoichi Ando, MD, PhD
- Department of Nephrology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Sei Sasaki, MD, PhD
- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Received 29 July 2008 ,Accepted 4 November 2008.

Serum creatinine (Cr), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) levels during the course of hospitalization. Note that all 3 values decreased after discontinuation of medication and administration of saline s

Serum creatinine (Cr), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) levels during the course of hospitalization. Note that all 3 values decreased after discontinuation of medication and administration of saline solution and loop diuretics. Conversion factors for units: serum Cr in mg/dL to μmol/L, ×88.4; serum Ca in mg/dL to mmol/L, ×0.2495; serum Mg in mg/dL to mmol/L, ×0.4114.
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