Clinical Case Database / Category: Case Based Discussion
Hypercalcaemia
Publication details
Dr Rebecca Theobald, Dr Fraser Birrell
Foundation Years Journal, volume 2, issue 10, p.437 (123Doc Education, London, December 2008)
Abstract
An 84-year-old lady was admitted to hospital by her GP with nausea, constipation and confusion. Five days previously her morphine sulphate modified release tablets prescribed for pain had been increased from 40 mg twice a day to 80 mg twice a day. The staff at the residential home she lived in were not sure if this coincided with the onset of confusion. The patient had a background of breast cancer, which she did not think had spread anywhere else.
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Authors
Dr Rebecca Theobald
Foundation Year 2 doctor
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE29 8NH
Dr Fraser Birrell
Consultant and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle Hospitals NHS trust
Newcastle University
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