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Active Regional Guidelines Standard
International medical criteria & SI Metric protocols standard.
Region:Middle East & North Africa (MENA)
Units:Metric (SI)
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Corrected Calcium
Corrects total calcium for hypoalbuminemia
Corrected Calcium
9.2mg/dL
Normal (8.8 - 10.4)
Clinical Application
Patients with low albumin may have falsely low total calcium. This formula estimates what the calcium would be if albumin were normal.
Mathematical Metric
Corrected Ca = Measured Ca + 0.8 × (4 - Albumin)
Evidence & Lit
References: Payne RB, et al. Interpretation of serum calcium in patients with abnormal serum proteins.