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transient and limited. It is difficult to know the exact
reason of renal impairment in the present case, but hy-
percalcemia could have affected the renal function. The
renal function improved as the serum Ca was normalized.
Here we report a case of acute and severe hypercalce-
mia in a near-drowning victim in hot spring due to the
excessive Ca absorption mainly through the alveoli.
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