Serum calcium - Risks
Alternative Names
Ca+2; Calcium - blood; Ca++
What the risks are:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling lightheaded
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
- Multiple punctures to locate veins
- Reviewed last on: 10/30/2007
- David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
References
Goldman L, Ausiello D. Cecil Textbook of Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007.