Parathyroid hormone assay predicts hypocalcaemia after total thyroidectomy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 667-670

  Sywak, Mark S ^a,b   Palazzo, Fausto F ^a   Yeh, Michael ^a   Wilkinson, Margaret ^a   Snook, Kylie ^a   Sidhu, Stan B ^a   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypocalcaemia; Hypoparathyrodism; Multinodular goitre; Parathyroid hormone; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROID FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; CALCIUM; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34447334587     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04183.x     Document Type: Article

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