Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Immobilisation hypercalcaemia is serious complication of prolonged immobility of any cause such as spinal cord injury, polio victims, burns victims, as well as trauma patients.Case: Eighteen-years old student was admitted to the hospital following road traffic accident. He sustained multiple fractures, skull, spine, chest and pelvis. He also sustained abdomen and pelvic haematoma. At scene of crash he had GCS 5/15, needing intubation and was ...