Table 2.

Calcium treatment in patients with rickets with hypocalcemia [11]

Condition	Calcium Salts	Doses, mg/kg (ml/kg)	Mode of administration
Symptomatic Acute hypocalcemia	Gluconate 10% (10 ml ≈ 90 mg elemental calcium)	5–20 (0.5-2.0)	Intravenous slowly, over 10–15 min to avoid bradycardia; diluted in 0.9% sodium chloride or 5% dextrose
Asymptomatic hypocalcemia or normocalcemia	Carbonate (40% of elemental calcium) Citrate (21% of elemental calcium)	30–75 5 years old: 500 mg/day 10 years old: 1000 mg/day	Oral route, divided into 2–3 doses daily