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Intravenous calcium administration may be necessary to avoid hemodynamic collapse despite the theoretical possibility of metastatic calcifications. Physicians should be alerted to the possibility of phosphate toxicity and hypocalcemic tetany in young children when treated with over-the-counter laxatives. 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