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- Adult: 8.2-10.2 mg/dl.
- Infant-1 month: 7-11.5 mg/dl.
- Child, 1month-1 year: 8.6-11.2 mg/dl
- Adult: 100-300 mg/day,
- Infant and
child: < 6
mg/kg/day
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- To assist in diagnosis of acid-base imbalance,
coagulation disorders, pathologic bone disorders, endocrine
disorders, cardiac arrhythmia, muscle
disorders
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- Hyperparathyroidism.
- Polycythemia vera
- Metastatic cancer
- Pheochromocytoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Sarcoidosis
- Vitamin D intoxication,
- Thyrotoxicosis,
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Bacteremia
- Milk-alkali syndrome
- Dehydration
- Overdose of calcium antacids
- Paget's disease
- Idiopathic hypercalcemia of
infancy.
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-
Hypoparathyroidism
- Acute pancreatitis
- Vitamin-D deficiency
- Chronic renal
failure
- Anterior pituitary
hypofunction
- Alcoholism
- Renal tubular
disease
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Cirrhosis of the
liver
- Massive blood
transfusion
- Malnutrition
- Neonatal Prematurity
- Prolonged intravenous fluid
therapy
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- Hemolysis, prolonged storage of blood specimen.
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