Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology (Jan 2011)

Tetany: A diagnostic dilemma

  • Aparna Williams,
  • Dootika Liddle,
  • Valsa Abraham

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.83691
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 3
pp. 393 – 394

Abstract

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Tetany is a disorder of increased neuronal excitability usually associated with hypocalcemia. We report a patient with typical tetanic cramps and carpopedal spasm in the postoperative period, despite normal serum concentrations of calcium, which responded to intravenous infusion of calcium.

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