Early predictors of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy: An analysis of 304 patients using a short-stay monitoring protocol

JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1006-1013

  Noureldine, Salem I ^a   Genther, Dane J ^a   Lopez, Michael ^a   Agrawal, Nishant ^a   Tufano, Ralph P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SEX RATIO; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROIDECTOMY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; ALGORITHM; BLOOD; CARCINOMA; GOITER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84911864990     PISSN: 21686181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2014.2435     Document Type: Article

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