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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 48, 393-397, Copyright © 1979 by Endocrine Society

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Relationship of free and total calcium in hypercalcemic conditions

JH Ladenson, JW Lewis, JM McDonald, E Slatopolsky and JC Boyd

An assessment of free and total calcium measurements was made in 691 patients with suspected hypercalcemia or disorders often associated with hypercalcemia. In 18.9% of the 1049 specimens analyzed from nine different patient groups, a different impression of hypercalcemia was obtained depending on whether the free or total calcium was considered. Analysis of the ratio of free to total calcium indicated that there are two main factors which influence the distribution of calcium in the serum of hypercalcemic patients: the concentrations of albumin and parathyroid hormone. A lowered albumin concentration accounted for the altered distribution of calcium in patients with malignancies and partially accounted for the altered distribution in patients postrenal transplantation. In patients with confirmed primary hyperparathyroidism a higher ratio of free to total calcium was found, which could not be explained by alterations in protein, albumin, pH, or CO2 content but was related to parathyroid hormone concentration. Free calcium appears to be a slightly better indicator of elevated calcium states than total calcium. Measurements of free calcium should be particularly useful in patients with altered albumin concentration, with multiple myeloma in whom a calcium-binding protein could be present, after renal transplantation, and with suspected hyperparathyroidism and normal or slightly elevated total calcium values.


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