AIM Calcium infusion is used after parathyroid surgery for renal hyperparathyroidism to treat postoperative hypocalcaemia. We compared a new infusion regimen to one commonly used in Malaysia based on 2003 K/DOQI guidelines. METHODS Retrospective data on serum calcium and infusion rates was collected from 2011-2015. The relationship between peak calcium efflux (PER) and time was determined usi...

BACKGROUND Although the variables that influence the development of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia are now better understood, the risk factors and long-term outcome of persistent hypoparathyroidism (HPP) are poorly defined. A retrospective review of a prospective protocol for the management of post-thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia was performed. METHODS Patients with a serum calcium level below ...

Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy syndrome is a monogenic disorder associated with autoimmune destruction of both endocrine and nonendocrine tissues. The classic triad includes candidiasis, hypoparathyroidism, and Addison disease. Up to 25% of patients with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy syndrome also have gastrointestinal manifestati...

Basal ganglia calcification is one of the features of chronic hypocalcaemia.1 However, extensive intracranial symmetrical calcifications outside the basal ganglia have been reported rarely in patients with chronic hypocalcaemia secondary to post-surgical hypoparathyroidism. A 62-year-old woman who underwent subtotal thyroidectomy 15 years ago presented with long-term paraesthesiae in the distal...

1. Serum calcium and phosphate, calcium absorption and calcium excretion were measured in twenty-seven cases of chronic renal failure. 2. Hypocalcaemia was present in thirteen cases and tended to be more severe in patients with the most severe degree of renal failure. 3. The hypocalcaemia could not be attributed to hyperphosphataemia since many of the patients with hypocalcaemia had normal seru...