Systematic Reviews on Calcium

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of calcium in treatments.
Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Pharmacological interventions for preventing complications in idiopathic hypercalciuria
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Idiopathic hypercalciuria is an inherited metabolic abnormality characterised by excessive amounts of calcium excreted into the urine in patients with normal serum levels of calcium. The main complications of this disease in adults are the formation of ...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Parenteral calcium for intensive care unit patients
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Several epidemiological studies of critically ill patients highlight a direct association between low levels of calcium (hypocalcemia) and mortality, though whether this association is causal is unknown. On the other hand, despite prior studies detailin...
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Dietary calcium supplementation for preventing colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There have been suggestions, based on observational studies and on laboratory markers, that dietary calcium may protect against colorectal cancer. This systematic review of the literature identified two well conducted randomised placebo-controlled inter...
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Interventions for the prevention of nutritional rickets in term born children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Although only a few studies with different results exist, preventive measures against nutritional rickets appear reasonable in high risk groups until new data become available. ...
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Calcium antagonists as an add-on therapy for drug-resistant epilepsy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   No evidence to suggest that calcium antagonists have a useful effect on seizures
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Calcium supplementation for the management of primary hypertension in adults
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   This review did not find robust evidence that oral calcium supplementation reduces high blood pressure in adults. It reviewed 13 trials enrolling 485 people, which compared calcium supplementation with placebo or no treatment, and measured blood pressur...
Date:   May 2006
Title:   Calcium supplementation during pregnancy for preventing hypertensive disorders and related problems
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pre-eclampsia is a major cause of death in pregnant women and newborn babies worldwide. Preterm birth (birth before 37 weeks) is often caused by high blood pressure and is the leading cause of newborn deaths, particularly in low-income countries. The re...
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Interventions for leg cramps in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sodium supplements may decrease the number of cramp attacks experienced by women in pregnancy but the effect is slight. Calcium is of no benefit. The evidence of benefit for magnesium is stronger. Multivitamin and mineral supplements also seem to hel...
Date:   Oct 2001
Title:   Calcium and phosphorus supplementation of human milk for preterm infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Adding extra calcium and phosphorus to human milk for increasing growth in preterm infants. Preterm infants are born with low skeletal stores of calcium and phosphorus as some two-thirds of mineral content is taken up in the third trimester of pregnancy...
Date:   Jun 2001
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