BACKGROUND Transient hypocalcemia is one of the postoperative complications of thyroidectomy for thyroid nodules, and intraoperative and postoperative intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) assays are used to predict postoperative hypocalcemia. OBJECTIVES The current study was conducted to evaluate a single serum iPTH measurement on postoperative day 1 (POD 1) as a means to predict hypocalcemia oc...

Stress causes hypocalcemia and ulcerogenesis in rats. In rats under stressful conditions, a rapid and transient increase in circulating prolactin (PRL) is observed, and this enhanced PRL induces PRL receptors (PRLR) in the choroid plexus of rat brain. In this study we used restraint stress in water to elucidate the mechanism by which PRLR in the rat brain mediate the protective effect of PRL ag...

The extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) plays a pivotal role in the regulation of extracellular calcium such that abnormalities, which result in a loss or gain of function, lead to hypercalcemia or hypocalcemia, respectively, in patients. Mice carrying CaSR knockout alleles develop hypercalcemia that mimics the disorders observed in humans. To date, there is no mouse model for an acti...

This narrative literature review summarizes findings regarding the associations of clinical and subclinical hypocalcemia with postpartum health, reproduction, milk production. To better understand effects hypocalcemia, we reviewed presentations condition dynamics blood Ca concentration in early period. We summarize discuss between performance dairy cows. Up to 50% cows suffer from at least one ...

BACKGROUND Transient post thyroidectomy hypocalcemia occurs in up to 30% of patients. We evaluated the effect of vitamin D deficiency on post thyroidectomy hypocalcaemia. METHODS This is a prospective study which was conducted from November 2010 to January 2013 and a total of 35 patients were included and data was analyzed regarding the relation between preoperative vitamin D3 levels and occu...

Objective. To evaluate the incidence of accidental parathyroidectomy in our series of total thyroidectomies, to investigate its clinical and biochemical consequences, and to identify potential risk factors. Methods. Patients who underwent total thyroidectomy between January 2006 and December 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Pathology reports were reviewed to identify those cases who had an i...

Transient hypoparathyroidism resulting in temporary hypocalcemia is the most frequent complication of total thyroidectomy and affects up to one third of patients. The ability to accurately predict hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy allows timely intervention and facilitates early discharge of patients. The postoperative decline in serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) is currently regarded as the gold ...

The most common complication of thyroid surgery is hypocalcemia. Fortunately, it is often slight and transient, but sometimes it can be critical and persistent. There have been a number of reports of seizures caused by hypocalcemia following thyroid surgery. In this report, we reported a female patient who presented with tonic-clonic seizures due to hypocalcemia twenty years after thyroid surge...

We report a case of primary Hyperparathyroidism (HPT) occuring in a 36 year old woman, during pregnancy. This woman received medical therapy to the delivery, then underwent parathyroidectomy in post-partum. Primary HPT during pregnancy is associated with increased risk of fetal loss, neonatal and maternal morbidity. Neonatal hypocalcemia is due to transient hypoparathyroidism consequent to abno...