TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hypo and Hypercalcemia Abnormalities A1 - Kecskes, Susan A. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. PY - 2014 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e AB - Less then one percent of the body's calcium is in the circulation.Only the ionized form of circulating calcium is physiologically active.Parathyroid hormone (PTH), vitamin D, and calcitonin are the hormones that control calcium levels.IV calcium can be given as calcium chloride or calcium gluconate but the mg doses are different.IV calcium is very irritating to tissues and veins. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105684328 ER -