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General Internal Medicine
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Nephrology
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Endocrinology
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Electrolyte disorders
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Bone and Calcium Disorders
Do you routinely check N-telopeptide levels in patients who you suspect might have immobilization induced hypercalcemia?
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What treatment options would you consider for a young patient with limited mobility, low bone mass and multiple vertebral compression fractures who is on dialysis for advanced kidney disease?
Is there a role for monitoring PTH levels in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease who are receiving denosumab to assess for adynamic bone disease?
Do you recommend parathyroid imaging testing for patients with recurrent nephrolithiasis who are incidentally found to have an elevated PTH but who do not have hypercalciuria, hypercalcemia, hypovitaminosis D, or chronic kidney disease?
Which fracture sites outside of the classical spine and hip are considered to be osteoporotic fractures even in the absence of a bone density diagnosis?
What 24 hr urine calcium cut off value do you use for recommending parathyroidectomy in patients with asymptomatic hyperparathyroidism?
In patients presenting with classical findings of primary hyperparathyroidism (i.e mild hypercalcemia, high 24hr urine calcium, elevated 1,25 Vit D but normal PTH), can spontaneous normalization of calcium be explained by episodic hypersecretion of PTH?
Would you offer bisphosphonate therapy for infants with osteogenesis imperfecta type 11?
Is there a role for calcitriol in dialysis patients regardless of PTH level?
Would you expect cinacalcet to lower calcium levels in a patient with Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia (FHH)?
