Post-parathyroidectomy hypocalcemia: Incidence, risk factors, and management

American Surgeon

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-119

  Mittendorf, Elizabeth A ^a   Merlino, James I ^b   McHenry, Christopher R ^b  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; UNITED STATES;

CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542611569     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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