Tag: "cause of hypocalcemia in Pancreatitis"

Why there is hypocalcemia in severe pancreatitis?

According to the modified glasgow criteria for pedicting severity of pancreatitis ,(mnemonic as PANCREAS).Do you  know guys,, why there  is low  serum calcium in patients with severe pancreatitis?? recently i have gone through harrison’s and it is written that, the pathogenesis  is still unknown.it is said that one reason maybe due to intraperitoneal saponification of calcium by fatty [...]