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THE CALCIUM INFUSION TEST : A DISCUSSION OF THE PATTERNS FOUND IN VARIOUS DISORDERS
Author(s) -
MCRAE JAMES,
CROWE PATRICIA J.,
DALE NANCY E.
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1959.8.1.82
Subject(s) - calcium , hyperparathyroidism , disease , medicine , test (biology) , metabolic bone disease , endocrinology , osteoporosis , biology , paleontology
SUMMARY The calcium infusion test was designed to assess calcium and phosphorus homæostasis and to measure bone metabolism. It was introduced as a diagnostic aid in parathyroid disease. The success of the test in these directions is reviewed, and the results of 60 infusions in patients with a wide variety of disorders are outlined and discussed. Most significant are the findings in hyperparathyroidism, in which varying patterns of response occur when impaired renal function and severe bone disease are present. The complete retention of calcium in severe renal disease is confirmed.