Calcium Chloride

by LCPW

Active ingredients: Calcium Chloride, Calcium chloride Inj

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About Calcium Chloride Inj

Electrolyte & Combinations

Uses

Emergency treatment of hypocalcaemic tetany; treatment of hypermagnesaemia; cardiac disturbances of hyperkalaemia; hypocalcaemia or calcium channel blocking agent toxicity.

How to take it

Cardiac arrest in presence of hyperkalaemia or hypocalcaemia, magnesium toxicity, or calcium antagonist toxicity: Infants & Children: 20 mg/kg; may repeat in 10 min if necessary. Adults: 2-4 mg/kg; may repeat in 10 min if necessary. Hypocalcaemia: Infants & Children: 10-20 mg/kg/dose; repeat every 4-6 hr if needed. Adults: 500 mg to 1 gm/dose; every 6 hr. Hypocalcaemia secondary to citrated blood transfusion: Neonates: Give 0.45 mEq elemental calcium for each 100 mL citrated blood infused. Adults: 1.35 mEq elemental calcium for each 100 mL citrated blood transfused. Tetany: Infants & Children: 10 mg/kg over 5-10 min. May repeat 6 hr or follow with an infusion with a max dose of 200…

Side effects

Vasodilations, hypotension, bradycardia, cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation, syncope. Lethargy, coma. Erythema. Hypomagnesaemia, hypercalciuria. Elevated serum amylase. Tissue necrosis. Muscle weakness.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Contraindications: Hypercalcaemia, renal calculi, ventricular fibrillation. Precautions: Digitalized patients, patients with respiratory failure or acidosis, sarcoidosis, renal or cardiac disease.

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Interactions with Calcium Chloride Inj

Digitalized patients, verapamil.

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