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What are your management strategies for patients with end stage kidney disease on hemodialysis who develop hypercalcemia of immobility?

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Nephrology · University Of California San Francisco Medical Center At Parnassus

I have seen this situation from time to time. First, I would make sure the patient is not getting any calcium or vitamin D-containing products. Then would try to use a lower calcium bath. Unfortunately, many units are unable to lower the calcium bath below 2.0 mEq/L currently and a lot of time that ...

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