Background: To the best of our knowledge, there are studies related to QT and QTc interval in patients with hypocalcemia, but no evaluating T wave peak end (Tp-e interval), Tp-e/QT Tp-e/QTc ratios used evaluate cardiac arrhythmia risk ventricular repolarization changes rates. Objectives: Therefore, we aimed investigate whether is a change Tp-e interval, hypocalcemia. Methods: Retrospectively, 2...

PURPOSE The aims of this study were to determine the incidence and evaluate the risk factors for hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy and to investigate how many parathyroid glands should be preserved to prevent postoperative hypocalcemia. METHODS From March 2007 to February 2011, a retrospective review of 866 patients who underwent total thyroidectomy and node dissection for thyroid cancer...

OBJECTIVE To study the rate of postoperative hypocalcemia following completion thyroidectomy (CT), in comparison with the hypocalcemia rate following total thyroidectomy (TT). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING A retrospective study, performed at the McGill University Thyroid Cancer Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 2007 to 2012. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Medical records of adult patients undergoing ...

Postoperative hypoparathyroidism is one of the most frequent complications after thyroid surgery with the incidence being reported to vary from 1.6% to 50% [1-4]. The causes of the postoperative hypoparathyroidism include surgical trauma to the parathyroid glands, inexperience of the surgeon, hyperthyroidism, retrosternal goiter, extent of neck dissection, and thyroid carcinoma. Post-thyroidect...

Hypocalcemia is relatively uncommon paraneoplastic syndrome. Only one case of hypocalcemia has been reported in a patient with chondrosarcoma. We herein report a case of a 32-year-old woman with metastatic chondrosarcoma with tetany. Her imaging findings revealed multiple calcific metastatic lesions in the lungs, pancreas, left atrium, and pulmonary vein. A laboratory examination showed hypocal...

background: hyperbilirubinemia is the single most common abnormal physical finding in the first week of life and is commonly managed by phototherapy with its inherent complications.  a lesser known complication of the phototherapy is hypocalcemia.   objective: to study the prevalence of phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia and to compare it between premature and full-term babies.   methods: this s...

BACKGROUND Hypocalcemia is a marker of poor prognosis in acute pancreatitis (AP) but the prognostic significance of hypocalcemic tetany in patients with AP has not been studied. We aimed to determine the prognostic significance of hypocalcemic tetany in patients with AP. METHODS Consecutive patients of AP who presented within 7 days of symptoms were included. Serum calcium levels were measure...

OBJECTIVE To compare the differences in recurrence rates and surgical complications between thyroidectomy alone and thyroidectomy combined with central neck dissection as initial treatments to differentiated thyroid cancer and evaluate the clinic significance of central neck dissection for these patients. METHODS The literatures published in 1998-2013 were searched in Wanfang database, Chongq...

BACKGROUND Total thyroidectomy (TT) is a commonly performed surgery and postoperative hypocalcemia is a major detriment to early discharge. The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to ascertain the usefulness of routine pre- and post-operative calcium and Vitamin D supplementation in prevention of hypocalcemia after TT. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixty consecutive patients who underwent tot...