Key result
In 68 children with spasmophilia, calcium treatment yielded good clinical results, although clinical improvement did not correlate with EMG findings.
Why the study?
Does calcium treatment improve symptoms in children with spasmophilia?
Observational (n=68)
Does calcium treatment improve symptoms in children with spasmophilia?
Calcium treatment improves clinical symptoms in children with spasmophilia, though this improvement does not correlate with EMG findings.
May support calcium for symptom relief in pediatric spasmophilia; hypothesis-generating case report leaves EMG correlation and efficacy open.
Sixty eight cases of spasmophilia were studied, consisting of 44 girls and 24 boys, the age ranging from 7 to 12 years. The most prominent symptom was cephalgia. Other symptoms included cramps, fainting attacks, abdominal pains, myalgia, breathing difficulties, palpitation, precordial pain, tremor and learning problems. Laboratory examination showed that most of them were hypocalcemic with prolonged Qo - Tc interval in electrocardiogram. BEG showed a certain pattern of increased thetha waves with irregular background activities and nonspecific changes. Treatment with calcium showed good clinical results. There seems to be no correlation between clinical improvement of symptoms and EMG findings.
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Hendarto et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Spasmophilia (n=68). Calcium treatment was evaluated on Clinical improvement of symptoms. In 68 children with spasmophilia, calcium treatment yielded good clinical results, although clinical improvement did not correlate with EMG findings.
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