Hypophosphataemia in general practice patients
| Autor: | J M Guy, M F Stewart, J R McMurray, G Horsman, A O Olukoga |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Male 030213 general clinical medicine medicine.medical_specialty Hypophosphatemia Clinical Biochemistry 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Lower limit 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Reference Values Internal medicine Blood plasma medicine Humans Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Chemistry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Metabolic disorder Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease United Kingdom Surgery Plasma phosphate General practice Female Family Practice |
| Zdroj: | Annals of clinical biochemistry. 36 |
| ISSN: | 0004-5632 |
| Popis: | We compared plasma phosphate concentrations in general practice patients and hospital inpatients and outpatients over an 8-month period. The distribution of results in all three groups was similar and 12–16% of results were at or below 0·8 mmol/L. In general practice patients, 8·3% of results from males and 12·1% from females were below the lower limit of their respective reference ranges. Eighteen of these patients (0·2% of results) had plasma phosphate concentrations ⩽ 0·4 mmol/L. On follow-up, only two of these patients had any attributable cause for their severe hypophosphataemia; in the remainder, it was unexpected and unexplained. Hypophosphataemia in outpatients and general practice patients is more common than has previously been appreciated. We present a strategy for further investigation of these patients. |
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