Treatment of severe metastatic calcification in hemodialysis patients

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Yeh, Shih Mong ^a   Hwang, Shang Jyi ^a,b   Chen, Hung Chun ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Calciphylaxis; Hemodialysis; Tertiary hyperparathyroidism; Visceral calcification

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BICARBONATE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEBRIDEMENT; DIALYSATE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; KIDNEY CALCIFICATION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; UREMIA; VASCULAR ACCESS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM, SECONDARY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; NEPHROLOGY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65449180704     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2009.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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