PTH Testing Reduces Post‐thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia
| Autor: | David L. Steward, Sarmad Sabour, Ernest C Manders |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Completion thyroidectomy
endocrine system Vitamin d supplementation biology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Thyroidectomy Albumin chemistry.chemical_element Calcium biology.organism_classification Single surgeon Pacu Otorhinolaryngology chemistry Anesthesia Medicine Surgery business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. 139 |
| ISSN: | 1097-6817 0194-5998 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.05.114 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveTo determine if routine rapid intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) testing in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) would reduce post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia.MethodsControlled cohort study comparing mean serum calcium and rate of hypocalcemia on postoperative day 1 (POD1) following total or completion thyroidectomy by a single surgeon. The control group consists of 133 subjects undergoing surgery between 2003–2005 prior to availability of rapid PTH testing for whom calcium and vitamin D supplementation was instituted only if patients developed hypocalcemia (calcium |
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