Prediction of hypocalcemia after using 1- to 6-hour postoperative parathyroid hormone and calcium levels: An analysis of pooled individual patient data from 3 observational studies

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-434

  Jumaily, Jeffrey Saad ^a   Noordzij, J Pieter ^a   Dukas, Alex G ^a   Lee, Stephanie L ^a   Bernet, Victor J ^b   Payne, Richard J ^c   McLeod, Ian K ^b   Hier, Michael P ^d   Black, Martin J ^d   Kerr, Paul D ^d   Raffaelli, Marco ^e   Bellantone, Rocco ^e   Lombardi, Celestino P ^e   Dietrich, Mary S ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypocalcemia; Parathyroid hormone (PTH); Postoperative management; Rapid parathyroid hormone assay; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROIDECTOMY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949403311     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21199     Document Type: Article

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