One‐Hour Postoperative Parathyroid Hormone Levels Do Not Reliably Predict Hypocalcemia After Thyroidectomy
Sahli Z, Najafian A, Kahan S, Schneider E, Zeiger M, Mathur A. One‐Hour Postoperative Parathyroid Hormone Levels Do Not Reliably Predict Hypocalcemia After Thyroidectomy. World Journal Of Surgery 2017, 42: 2128-2133. PMID: 29290070, PMCID: PMC5991999, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4444-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostoperative parathyroid hormone levelsPg/mLParathyroid hormone levelsPostoperative PTHPTH levelsBiochemical hypocalcemiaTotal thyroidectomyCalcium supplementationProspective studyHormone levelsAppropriate calcium supplementationDefinitive study designPostoperative biochemical hypocalcemiaAdditional prospective studiesNormal PTH levelsPTH decreaseCompletion thyroidectomyConsecutive patientsSerum calciumLow PTHPTH 1HypocalcemiaIRB approvalThyroidectomyPTH