Australian endocrine surgeons guidelines AES06/01. Postoperative parathyroid hormone measurement and early discharge after total thyroidectomy: Analysis of australian data and management recommendations

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 199-202

  Grodski, Simon ^a,b,e   Campbell, Peter ^a,c   Delbridge, Leigh ^a,b   Farrell, Stephen ^a,e   Gough, Ian ^a,d   Magarey, Christopher ^a,c   Serpell, Jonathan ^a,f   Sidhu, Stan ^a,b   Soon, Patsy ^a,c   Sywak, Mark ^a,b   Palazzo, Fausto ^b   Yeh, Michael ^b   Jalaludin, Bin ^c   Cook, Melinda J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early discharge; Hypocalcaemia; Parathyroid hormone; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SURGERY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROIDECTOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33947173783     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04018.x     Document Type: Article

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