Abbreviations: s.c.; subcutaneous. Hypocalcaemia was defined as a serum calcium level < 8.5 mg/dL [12]. Serum calcium level was corrected when serum albumin level < 4.0 g/dL [13]. \(\text{Corrected calcium}=\text{serum calcium}+\left(4.0-\text{serum albumin}\right)\)
