AIMC Topic: Parathyroid Hormone

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Parathyroid hormone in washout fluid seems to be superior to cytology for localization of the lesion in MIBI-negative patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.

Turkish journal of medical sciences
Background/aim: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is characterized by increased calcium (Ca) and parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. Surgical removal of the culprit hyperfunctioning parathyroid gland is the preferred treatment. In this study, we aimed...

Vitamin D status in children with headache: A case-control study.

Clinical nutrition ESPEN
BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is a fat soluble vitamin with hormonal properties, plays crucial functions in bone and mineral metabolism and has important regulatory functions in brain development, cell differentiation and apoptosis. Some studies have shown a...

Poor vitamin D status increases the risk of anemia in school children: National Food and Nutrition Surveillance.

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentrations and the risk of anemia in a large cohort of children with consideration for the effects of sex, body mass index (BMI), serum intact parat...

Improving diagnostic recognition of primary hyperparathyroidism with machine learning.

Surgery
BACKGROUND: Parathyroidectomy offers the only cure for primary hyperparathyroidism, but today only 50% of primary hyperparathyroidism patients are referred for operation, in large part, because the condition is widely under-recognized. The diagnosis ...

Abnormal calcium, 25(OH)vitamin D, and parathyroid hormone after biliopancreatic diversion; correction through elongation of the common tract and reduction of the gastric pouch.

Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
BACKGROUND: Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) is a surgical technique burdened, in some instances, by clinical evidence of malabsorption and intractable diarrhoea.

Prediction of all-cause mortality for chronic kidney disease patients using four models of machine learning.

Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
BACKGROUND: The prediction tools developed from general population data to predict all-cause mortality are not adapted to chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, because this population displays a higher mortality risk. This study aimed to create a cl...

Surgical management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in dialysis patients in Senegal.

Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia
Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common complication of end-stage renal disease. Surgical management occurs in severe forms and/or unresponsive medical treatment. The aim of this study was to outline the indications of parathyroidectomy and ...

BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN CHILDREN WITH IDIOPATHIC HYPERCALCIURIA.

Developmental period medicine
UNLABELLED: The aim of the study was to evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine in children with idiopathic hypercalciuria.

A Vitamin D-Calcium-Fortified Yogurt Drink Decreased Serum PTH but did not Affect Osteocalcin in Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes.

International journal for vitamin and nutrition research. Internationale Zeitschrift fur Vitamin- und Ernahrungsforschung. Journal international de vitaminologie et de nutrition
INTRODUCTION: There is sparse evidence of the effect of vitamin D on bone biomarkers in diabetic patients, and therefore, in a randomized clinical trial, we evaluated the effects of the daily intake of vitamin D, either with or without extra calcium,...