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Preoperative and postoperative optimisation of patients undergoing thyroid surgery: a multicentre quality improvement project at Barts Health NHS Trust

BMJ Open Quality, 2023
Hypocalcaemia following thyroid surgery can occur in up to 38% of patients. With over 7100 thyroid surgeries performed in 2018 in the UK, this is a common postoperative complication. Undertreated hypocalcaemia can result in cardiac arrhythmias and death.
Jahangir Ahmed, Deepak Chandrasekharan, Ghassan Alusi, Matt Lechner, Mona Waterhouse, Kalpita Majumdar, Oscar Emanuel, Gulwish Moghul, Salman Ashraf, Tiarnan Magos, Zi Wei Liu, Margaret Crutchlow, Stephen Kinghorn, Gayle McDonnell, Harry McArdle, Amr Salem, Mike Papesch, Abdulfattah Lakhdar, Safina Ali, Paul Stimpson, Khalid Ghufoor   +20 more
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Hypocalcaemia and convulsions [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1977
Summary Hypocalcaemia may manifest with tetany, convulsions and even status eqilepticus. Recognition of underlying hypocalcaemia in convulsions is mandatory because the fits may not be adequately controlled by anti-convulsant drugs which may also aggravate hypocalcaemia.
D. N. Grover, M. M. Gupta
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Retrospective case–control study to evaluate hypocalcaemia as a distinguishing feature of COVID-19 compared with other infective pneumonias and its association with disease severity

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To investigate whether calcium derangement was a specific feature of COVID-19 that distinguishes it from other infective pneumonias, and its association with disease severity.
M. Mehta, Hakim Ghani, F. Chua, A. Draper, S. Calmonson, Meghna Prabhakar, Rijul Shah, A. Navarra, T. Vaghela, A. Barlow, R. Vancheeswaran   +10 more
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Hypocalcaemia in pharyngolaryngectomy: Preservation or autotransplantation of parathyroid glands

Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021
Objective To describe transient and permanent hypocalcaemia following partial and total pharyngolaryngectomy with parathyroid gland preservation or autotransplantation.
James D. Every, Anders W. Sideris, Leba M. Sarkis, Matthew E. Lam, Stuart G. Mackay, Stephen J. Pearson   +5 more
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Vitamin D repletion in primary hyperparathyroid patients undergoing parathyroidectomy leads to reduced symptomatic hypocalcaemia and reduced length of stay: a retrospective cohort study.

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2021
INTRODUCTION Vitamin D deficiency co-exists with and can confuse the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Vitamin D replete (VDR) status may prevent significant postparathyroidectomy hypocalcaemia; however, reports from previous studies are ...
R. Acharya, M. Kopczynska, C. Goodmaker, A. Mukherjee, H. Doran   +4 more
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Severe hypocalcaemia in a COVID-19 female patient

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2021
Summary Comorbidities are a risk factor for patients with COVID-19 and the mechanisms of disease remain unclear. The aim of this paper is to present a case report of an COVID-19 patient with severe hypocalcaemia. This is a report of an 81-year-old female,
E. Puca, E. Puca, P. Pipero, Holta Kraja, N. Çomo   +4 more
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Case report: targeted whole exome sequencing enables the first prenatal diagnosis of the lethal skeletal dysplasia Osteocraniostenosis. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Osteocraniostenosis (OCS) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by premature closure of cranial sutures, gracile bones and perinatal lethality. Previously, diagnosis has only been possible postnatally on clinical and radiological features.
Barker, R, Cockell, A, Haworth, A, Homfray, T, Pemberton, L, Ramachandran, V   +5 more
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Effect of Dissection of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves on Parathyroid Insufficiency during Total Thyroidectomy for Multinodular Goitre [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Total thyroidectomy is the accepted standard treatment for benign goitrous enlargements. The surgical skill and technique is one of the most important factor which affect the outcome in thyroid surgery.
Vengayil Sukumaran, Bhavuray Teli, Sreekant Avula, Jagadeesh Pavuluru   +3 more
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Diagnosis and management of hypocalcaemia [PDF]

BMJ, 2008
Hypocalcaemia is a potentially life threatening biochemical abnormality that carries risks for serious errors in diagnosis and treatment. Hypocalcaemia presents in primary and secondary care; it has a prevalence of 18% in all patients in hospital and 85% in the intensive care unit.1 2 The most common cause of hypocalcaemia in primary care is vitamin D ...
Neil Gittoes, Mark S. Cooper
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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.
C Gopalakrishnan Nair, Misha J. C. Babu, Riju Menon, Pradeep Jacob   +3 more
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