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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2019 Apr 4;211:98–104.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.02.018

Table 3.

Characteristics of 16 children with hypocalcemic complications

Patient Age at index date (mo) Year of complication (before or after 1/1/2000) Diagnoses Total calcium (8.8–10.8 mg/dL) Ionized calcium (3.7–5.5 mg/dL) 25(OH)D(20–50 ng/mL)
1 0–3 after seizures 2.0
2 0–3 after seizures 8.0
3 0–3 after seizures 6.9
4 0–3 after seizures, cardiac arrest 1.61
5 0–3 before cardiac arrest 3.48
6 3–6 after seizures, cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrest 3.3
7 3–6 after respiratory arrest, tetany 6.8 2.0 4.0
8 6–9 after seizures, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest 4.8 2.7 6.0
9 12–15 after cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest 2.6
10 12–15 after cardiac arrest 3.4
11 15–18 after seizures 7.8 3.69 51.0
12 18–21 after seizures 8.4
13 24–27 before seizures 8.7
14 24–27 after seizures 8.4
15 27–30 after seizures 8.3
16 48–51 after seizures, cardiac arrest 7.1 3.0
Patient Alkaline phosphatase (83–248 U/L at 0–14 d, 122–469 U/L at 15 d-<1 yr, 142–335 U/L at 1–10 yr) Rickets present on x-ray Length/height percentile Weight percentile Diet during infancy before index date
1 0–5 0–5 breast milk and formula
2 75–80 60–65 breast milk
3 0–5 15–20 breast milk and formula
4 134 0–5 0–5 breast milk and formula
5 0–5 breast milk
6 418 No 0–5 10–15 breast milk and formula
7 2122 Yes 30–35 50–55 breast milk
8 723 Yes 30–35 0–5 breast milk
9 80–85 breast milk
10 No 75–80 breast milk and formula
11 55–60 60–65 formula
12 425 10–15 10–15 formula
13 452
14 10–15 0–5 breast milk and formula
15 95–100 breast milk and formula
16 502 breast milk and formula

Laboratory reference ranges are shown in parentheses for biochemical values. Blank cells indicate that data were not available.