TY - JOUR
T1 - Inorganic phosphate (laxative) poisoning resulting in tetany in an infant
AU - Levitt, Miriam
AU - Gessert, Charles
AU - Finberg, Laurence
PY - 1973/3
Y1 - 1973/3
N2 - We present here a case of inorganic phosphate ingestion causing acute hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and tetany in a 3 1/2-month-old infant. Symptoms were quickly relieved by the intravenous administration of calcium, and the patient's serum levels returned to normal levels within 24 hours. This case adds another example to the vast variety of poisonings by ingestion and serves to alert the emergency room physician to the possibility of phosphate ingestion when confronted with tetany of obscure etiology.
AB - We present here a case of inorganic phosphate ingestion causing acute hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and tetany in a 3 1/2-month-old infant. Symptoms were quickly relieved by the intravenous administration of calcium, and the patient's serum levels returned to normal levels within 24 hours. This case adds another example to the vast variety of poisonings by ingestion and serves to alert the emergency room physician to the possibility of phosphate ingestion when confronted with tetany of obscure etiology.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3476(73)80124-6
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3476(73)80124-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 4698935
AN - SCOPUS:0015593439
VL - 82
SP - 479
EP - 481
JO - Journal of Pediatrics
JF - Journal of Pediatrics
SN - 0022-3476
IS - 3
ER -