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hyperphosphatemia /hy·per·phos·pha·te·mia/ (-fos″fah-te´me-ah) an excessive amount of phosphates in the blood.
hyperphosphatemia (hī´purfos´f n an increased concentration of inorganic phosphates in the blood serum. Hyperphosphatemia may occur in childhood and also in acromegaly, renal failure, and vitamin D intoxication. Normal adult range of serum inorganic phosphorus is 2.5 to 4.2 mg/100 ml. hyperphosphatemia an excess of phosphates in the blood. hyperphosphatemia Nephrology↑ Phosphate > 1.5 mmol/L–US: 4.5 mg/dL in blood Etiology ↑ hGH, either physiologic with growth spurts or pathologic in gigantism and acromegaly, ↓ PTH, pseudohypoparathyroidism or in
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ESRD patients with hyperphosphataemia are prescribed phosphate binders to reduce the amount of phosphorus absorbed by the body. |
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