Calcium Chloride
Indications
Beta Blocker Intoxication Refractory to Glucagon and Vasopressors (see xxxx , [[xxxx]])
Calcium Channel Blocker Intoxication (see Calcium Channel Blockers , [[Calcium Channel Blockers]])
Hypocalcemia (see Hypocalcemia , [[Hypocalcemia]])
Pharmacology
Administration
PO : not recommended (due to the development of non-anion gap metabolic acidosis)
IV : 1 Amp (10 mL) IV PRN
CaCl 1g IV (10 ml of 10% Solution) Contains 273 mg (13.6 mEq) of Elemental Calcium
Adverse Effects
Renal Adverse Effects
Non-Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (see Metabolic Acidosis-Normal Anion Gap , [[Metabolic Acidosis-Normal Anion Gap]])
Epidemiology : with oral administration only
Mechanism : calcium chloride administered orally is excreted as calcium bicarbonate (due to exchange of the chloride for bicarbonate) -> results in gastrointestinal bicarbonate loss and metabolic acidosis
Other Adverse Effects
References
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