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We report a case of a 61-year-old woman treated for a suspected verapamil overdose with continuous calcium chloride infusion, resulting in severe hypercalcemia of 32.3 mg/dL (8.07 mmol/L) with a normal range of 8.6–10.5 mg/dL (2.15–2.63 mmol/L). Treatment with acute hemodialysis rapidly normalized the serum calcium level, but the patient later died of vasoconstrictive complications of hypercalcemia.
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Sim, M.T., Stevenson, F.T. A fatal case of iatrogenic hypercalcemia after calcium channel blocker overdose. J. Med. Toxicol. 4, 25–29 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03160947
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