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Hypercalcaemia in a Psychogeriatric Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Glynn Harrison
Glynn Harrison*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol, 39/41 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ
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Summary

Serum calcium concentration was estimated, via a multichannel analyser, in all patients admitted to a 25 bed psychogeriatric inpatient unit and associated day hospital. Case notes of 629 consecutive admissions over a 42 month period were studied, and the prevalence of hypercalcaemia found to be 0.7 per cent, close to that estimated for the general population. Cases of hypercalcaemia with psychiatric symptoms, undetected medically because of vague and non-specific physical symptoms, do not appear in excess in a psychogeriatric population.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 4 , April 1983 , pp. 384 - 387
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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