Randomized study on oral administration of calcitriol to prevent symptomatic hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-429

  Tartaglia, Francesco ^a   Giuliani, Alessandro ^b   Sgueglia, Monica ^a   Biancari, Fausto ^c   Juvonen, Tatu ^c   Campana, Francesco P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calcitriol; Hypocalcemia; Tetany; Thyroid; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM SALT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TETANY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TETANY; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 23744437255     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.04.017     Document Type: Article

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