[Hypo and hypercalcemia: from diagnosis to treatment].

The hypercalcemia is defined as a blood calcium range above 2.6 mmol/l. Its prevalence is variable in different studies and it is comprised between 2 and 8/1000 in the general population.

The European Task Force for Disaster Relief: a multi-disciplinary team approach.

After the earthquake in Armenia, the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) Commission on Acute Renal failure, in cooperation with the United States National Kidney Foundation, has created a Disaster Relief Task Force to deal with post-disaster nephrology assistance to the affected victims (1). Its main purpose is to prevent and treat crush injury-induced ARF that occurs following traumatic rhabdomyolysis.