Subcutaneous Infusion of Pamidronate in a Hospice Patient with Hypercalcemia: A Case Report

摘要

Hypercalcemia is a complication of cancer, reported to affect between 10% and 40% of patients with cancer and occurring in those with both solid tumours and hematologic malignancies.1-4 Cancer is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in the inpatient setting, most frequently breast, renal, and lung cancer and multiple myeloma.1,2,5 Malignancy is usually clinically evident by the time it causes hypercalcemia, and patients with hypercalcemia of malignancy often have a poor prognosis.