A nurse is caring for a patient with malignant lung cancer who experiences weakness, lethargy, depressed reflexes, and bone pain. which changes in the electrocardiogram evaluated by the nurse may indicate suspected hypercalcemia?
The changes in the electrocardiogram evaluated by the nurse are
Shortened ST segment and Shortened QT interval. Hypercalcemia rarely occurs as
a result of calcium intake, the patient's phosphorus falling to 2.1 mg/dL
(normal 2.4-4.4 mg/dL) may be a result of the phosphate-binding effect of
calcium carbonate.
