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Examen de calcio en la sangre - Results

Nombres alternativos

Ca++; Calcio sérico; CA+2

Valores normales:

Los valores normales van de 8.5 a 10.2 mg/dL.

Los rangos de los valores normales pueden variar ligeramente entre diferentes laboratorios. Hable con el médico acerca del significado de los resultados específicos de su examen.

Los ejemplos anteriores muestran las mediciones comunes para los resultados de estas pruebas. Algunos laboratorios usan diferentes medidas o podrían evaluar diferentes muestras.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Los niveles por encima de lo normal pueden deberse a:

  • Enfermedad de Addison
  • Nivel excesivo de vitamina D
  • Ingesta excesiva de calcio (también llamada síndrome de leche y alcalinos)
  • VIH/SIDA
  • Hiperparatiroidismo
  • Infecciones que causan granulomas, como tuberculosis y ciertas infecciones micobacterianas y micóticas
  • Tumor metastásico del hueso
  • Síndrome de leche y alcalinos
  • Mieloma múltiple
  • Hiperactividad de la glándula tiroides (hipertiroidismo) o demasiado medicamento de reemplazo de hormona tiroidea
  • Enfermedad de Paget
  • Inmovilización prolongada
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Tumores que producen una sustancia similar a la hormona paratiroidea
  • Uso de algunos medicamentos, como litio, tamoxifeno y tiazidas

Los niveles por debajo de lo normal pueden deberse a:

  • Hipoparatiroidismo
  • Insuficiencia renal
  • Enfermedad hepática (disminución de la producción de albúmina)
  • Deficiencia de magnesio
  • Malabsorción (absorción inadecuada de los nutrientes del tubo digestivo)
  • Osteomalacia
  • Pancreatitis
  • Raquitismo
  • Deficiencia de vitamina D

Afecciones adicionales bajo las cuales se puede realizar el examen:

  • Reviewed last on: 11/15/2009
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Wysolmerski JJ, Insogna KL. The parathyroid glands, hypercalcemia, and hypocalcemia. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 266.

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