In a study of hemodialysis patients, hypercalcemia accompanied by high parathyroid hormone levels was associated with nearly 2.6-fold increased odds of intradialytic hypotension. The following article ...

Parathyroid hormone testing is important to monitor the progress of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. This presentation will review the basic biochemistry that regulates the calcium, which will ...

We conducted a retrospective study on 239 patients operated on for primary hyperparathyroidism in our surgical department between May 2003 and December 2012. 202 patients were female and 37 were male, ...

Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is an 84 amino acid that plays a key role in phosphocalcic metabolism. Its measurement is essential to diagnose and treat primary hyperparathyroidism and to evaluate chronic ...

Renal Stone Removal Helps Some Patients With Recurrent UTIs In a study, intact parathyroid hormone levels fell by nearly 10% over 6 months in hemodialysis patients who received intensive treatment for ...

Panel A shows the clinical characteristics and treatments for all six unrelated patients with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1) who received continuous subcutaneous parathyroid hormone ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Most adults with hypoparathyroidism no longer need vitamin D or calcium supplementation with palopegteriparatide ...

Leptin a Potential Target to Reduce CVD Risk in CKD-MBD TransCon PTH is an investigational once-daily long-acting prodrug of parathyroid hormone (PTH[1-34]) designed to restore physiologic levels of ...