Hypoparathyroidism

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Hypoparathyroidism

Nail dystrophy due to hypocalcaemia

Nijjer S, Ghosh AK, Dubrey SW. Hypocalcaemia, long QT interval and atrial arrhythmias. BMJ Case Reports 2010 [doi:10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2216]. Copyright © 2011 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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Hypoparathyroidism

ECG demonstrating an atrial arrhythmia most likely to be atrial fibrillation in a patient with hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcaemia

Adapted from Nijjer S, Ghosh AK, Dubrey SW. Hypocalcaemia, long QT interval and atrial arrhythmias. BMJ Case Reports 2010 [doi:10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2216]. Copyright © 2011 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

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Videos

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  Trousseau’s sign

  This video demonstrates Trousseau’s sign, a carpopedal spasm induced by ischaemia through inflation of a sphygmomanometer cuff to a suprasystolic blood pressure.