Assessment and clinical course of hypocalcemia in critical illness.

Low admission phosphate showed a trend, but was not significantly associated with low iCa ( P = 0.052; Table 4 ).

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The finding that lower magnesium, sodium and albumin were independently associated with ionized hypocalcemia, with a strong trend for higher phosphate, suggests these biochemical derangements should be specifically considered in the assessment of hypocalcemic patients.

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