Prevalence of hypocalcemia among thalassemic patients registered inibn al-balady hospital

Abstract

The objective of this study is to through light on the prevalence of hypocalcaemia in thalassemic patients registered in Ibn Al-balady Hospital (Thalassemic Centre) Baghdad- Iraq four hundred patients selected with thalassemia major were included in the study, randomly selected throughout October, 2001. They are subjected to serum study for calcium phosphorus and alkaline phosphatase. Twenty patients x-rayed for bones only no facilities for studying serum ferritin, parathyroid hormone and densometry for bones. It was found that hypocalcaemia is prevalent in eighty seven patients out of 400 and more prevalent among age group 10 years and above