Severe Hypocalcemia and Acute Respiratory Failure in a 3-Month-old Boy With Constipation

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2020 Jan;70(1):e23. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002456.

Authors

Samantha Lucrezia¹, Meghan Martin², Ladonna Bingham^{3

4}, Michael J Wilsey⁵, Anthony A Sochet^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics.
² Division of Emergency Medicine.
³ Division of Critical Care Medicine.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL.

PMID: 31365484
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002456

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Constipation / drug therapy*
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hypocalcemia / chemically induced
Hypocalcemia / diagnosis*
Infant
Laxatives / adverse effects*
Male
Respiratory Insufficiency / chemically induced
Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis*

Substances

Laxatives