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Calcium and PTH-rp responses to various treatments. Black bar: in-hospital stay, blue bar: NaCl 0.9% intravenously, salmon bar: calcitonin subcutaneously twice a day, purple dot: single dose of zoledronate 5 mg intravenously, black asterisk: chemotherapy, green bar: cinacalcet treatment.
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F1
Fluid replacement was started again (fig. 1, blue bar), now in combination with calcitonin 250 IU twice a day subcutaneously for 5 days (salmon bar) and a single dose of zoledronate 5 mg intravenously (purple dot).
PTH-rp as determinant of serum ionized calcium concentration.
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F2
To examine the importance of PTH-rp as determinant of serum Ca levels in this patient, ionized serum calcium was plotted as a function of serum PTH-rp (fig. 2).