Measuring Total Blood Calcium Displays a Low Sensitivity for the Diagnosis of Hypercalcemia in Incident Renal Transplant Recipients

摘要

Background and objectives: Hypercalcemia is a common complication in renal transplant recipients and has been associated with nephrocalcinosis and poor graft outcome. The performance of total calcium (tCa) in the diagnosis of blood calcium disturbances in renal transplant recipients is unknown.