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Hypocalcaemia following total thyroidectomy: An analysis of 806 patients

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2013
Background: Permanent hypocalcaemia following thyroidectomy causes considerable morbidity. This prospective observational study aims to define the factors likely to predict hypocalcaemia following total thyroidectomy.
Riju Menon
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Role of oral calcium supplementation alone or with vitamin D in preventing post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia

Medicine (United States), 2019
Background: Thyroidectomy is the main intervention for thyroid malignancies and some benign thyroid diseases. Its most common complication is hypocalcaemia, which requires oral or intravenous calcium therapy.
Tengfei Xing, Y. Hu, Bin Wang, Jingqiang Zhu   +3 more
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Denosumab-Induced Severe Hypocalcaemia in Chronic Kidney Disease

Case Reports in Nephrology, 2018
Background. Hypocalcaemia is increasingly recognized as a complication of denosumab use in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients with osteoporosis. Despite Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) notifications in 2013, we have subsequently encountered ...
Ryan Jalleh, Gopal Basu, Richard Le Leu, Shilpanjali Jesudason   +3 more
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Acute severe hypocalcaemia after initiation of a selective RET-inhibitor in medullary thyroid cancer [PDF]

Endocrine Oncology
Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) is a rare subtype of thyroid cancer originating from parafollicular C-cells of the thyroid. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are used to treat patients with advanced MTC.
Leslie Cheng, Syeda Khadijah Ghaznavi, Jessica Stevens, Sonja Hoy, Kee Howe Wong, Tass Malik, Kate Newbold, Daniel Morganstein   +7 more
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Hypocalcaemia in patients with prostate cancer treated with a bisphosphonate or denosumab: prevention supports treatment completion

BMC Urology, 2018
Background Most patients with advanced prostate cancer develop bone metastases, which often result in painful and debilitating skeletal-related events. Inhibitors of bone resorption, such as bisphosphonates and denosumab, can each reduce the incidence of
Jean-Jacques Body, Roger von Moos, Daniela Niepel, Bertrand Tombal   +3 more
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Predictive factors for hypocalcaemia in post-thyroidectomy patients: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research
Background: Hypocalcaemia following thyroidectomy is a relatively common complication, which is sometimes difficult to correct. Methods: In this cohort study, we assessed the predictive factors for laboratory hypocalcaemia and symptomatic in patients who
Francis Neethu, Kizhakkepurakkal Vijayan Arun, Mohanan Kesavan Pulluvelickal, Thekkuttuparambil Ananthanarayanan Ajith   +3 more
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Osteomalacia in a Case of Adult-Onset Bartter Syndrome [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2018
Bartter syndrome is a rare heterogeneous disease characterised by a deficiency in sodium and chloride absorption. Gain-of-function mutations in the CASR gene have been described in some patients with Bartter syndrome associated with hypocalcaemia and ...
Rashid Naseem Khan, Farhana Saba
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Frequency of Hypocalcaemia following Total Thyroidectomy

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2018
Background & Objective: Patients who undergo Total thyroidectomy are at higher risk for postoperative hypocalcaemia, which can lead to significant short and long term morbidity.
Naseem Baloch, Saima Taj, Mariyah Anwer, Masooma Naseem   +3 more
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Hypocalcaemia as a Reversible Cause of Acute Heart Failure in a Long-Term Survivor of Childhood Cancer [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2017
Hypocalcaemia is known for its neuromuscular symptoms, which are rapidly alleviated by intravenous supplementation. Calcium is also essential for both cardiac cell excitability and contraction.
Inês Almeida Costa, Margarida Alvelos, Paulo Bettencourt   +2 more
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Hypercalcaemia and hypocalcaemia: finding the balance

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2017
Calcium metabolism in cancer and hypercalcaemia of malignancyThe balance between bone formation and resorption may be disrupted in patients with cancer, leading either to increased bone resorption, calcium release, and possibly hypercalcaemia, or to ...
Jean-Jacques Body, Giuseppe Tonini
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