Refractory hypocalcaemia-induced laryngeal spasm requiring emergency intubation in a malnourished young woman: overcoming diagnostic and therapeutic barriers in resource-limited settings
Ayto A Negash, Mehreteab T Woudineh, Yitayew E Mohammed, Eyob Z Chafamo, Solomon Y Tilahun, Petros T Mekuria, Tekiy M Bedore, Ashagre E Hundeto · 2026
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Ayto Negash and co-authors wrote a 2026 case report on a young woman whose throat closed from low calcium. The patient was twenty years old and malnourished, with severe vitamin D shortage. Low blood calcium made her throat muscles spasm, blocking her airway. Care took place where lab results are slow and some drugs are missing.
Doctors gave repeated calcium doses by vein, plus magnesium, yet the spasm worsened until her oxygen fell sharply. The team then put in a breathing tube as an emergency step. Lab values, which arrived after treatment began, confirmed the low calcium. The report shows how a cheap nutrient lack can become life-threatening, and how teams can act before tests return.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ayto A Negash, Mehreteab T Woudineh, Yitayew E Mohammed, Eyob Z Chafamo, Solomon Y Tilahun, Petros T Mekuria, Tekiy M Bedore, Ashagre E Hundeto |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |