Factores epidemiológicos de la hipercalcemia en pacientes adulto

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Hypercalcemia is defined as the concentration of serum calcium greater than 8.8-10.2 mg / dL. It occurs in 0.05-0.6% of the general population and 0.6-3.6% of hospitalized patients. It is a finding in people who attend primary care, emergency and patients admitted to the hospital. OBJECTIVE: To establish the epidemiological factors of hypercalcemia in adult patients. METHODOLOGY: For the collection of scientific information, search articles articles in databases such as COCRHANE, PUB-MED, LATINDEX, published since 2014, in indexed journals. CONCLUSIONS: The main causal factor of hypercalcemia is parathyroid hormone in 80% of cases, cancer follow-up and thyroid surgery; Vitamin D poisoning is rare. 81.8% of patients with hypercalcemia do not present symptoms while 18.2% are symptomatic. The total incidence of hypercalcemia related to cancer is 6.95 per year.