The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a major impact on kidney transplantation and on patients with end‐stage kidney disease. Transplantation activity has been substantially reduced, and kidney transplant recipients have suffered increased mortality. The introduction of vaccines against SARS‐CoV‐2 has offered considerable hope that it may be possible to protect patients from the risks associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, and that more patients may once again have access to kidney transplantation.
We report a case of severe hypercalcaemia secondary to rhabdomyolysis in a woman with COVID-19 (SARS CoV-2) infection. The patient presented with myalgia and anuria with an acute kidney injury requiring haemodialysis. Creatine kinase peaked at 760 000 IU/L. A biphasic calcaemic response was observed with initial severe hypocalcaemia followed by severe, symptomatic hypercalcaemia, persistent despite haemodialysis. Control of the calcium levels was achieved by continuous haemofiltration.
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