Ionized hypercalcemia in 238 cats from a referral hospital population (2009-2019).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ionized calcium concentration ([iCa]) is more sensitive for detecting calcium disturbances than serum total calcium concentration but literature on ionized hypercalcemia in cats is limited. Urolithiasis is a possible adverse consequence of hypercalcemia.

Hypothesis/objectives

To describe clinical details of diagnoses associated with ionized hypercalcemia in cats and association with urolithiasis.

Animals

Cats (238) seen between 2009 and 2019 at a referral hospital with [iCa] above the normal reference interval.

Methods

Observational cross-sectional study. Signalment, serum biochemical and imaging findings were reviewed for cats with ionized hypercalcemia considered to be clinically relevant (>1.41 mmol/L). Data were summarized by cause of hypercalcem

SUBMITTER: Broughton SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9889682 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature