Life-threatening Dilated Cardiomyopathy Induced by Late-onset Neonatal Hypocalcemia

• Main Authors: Po-Ching Chou (Author), Lung-Chang Lin (Author), Jong-Hau Hsu (Author), Rei-Cheng Yang (Author), Yuh-Jyh Jong (Author), Zen-Kong Dai (Author), Jiunn-Ren Wu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neonatal seizures caused by hypocalcemia may be associated with cardiopulmonary dysfunction and may require specific management other than calcium supplementation. Severe dilated cardiomyopathy is an extremely rare complication in neonatal hypocalcemia and often results in high morbidity and mortali...