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What is your approach to managing hypocalcemia following a parathyroidectomy in patients with end stage kidney disease?

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Nephrology · Rush Medical College
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The hungry bone syndrome can be tricky and insidious. I have seen patients go home after a pth-ectomy without evidence of it and then a few days later show up in the ED with symptoms of hypocalcemia. Hemodialysis may mask it (as well as treat it) by supplying a large IV calcium load. If you dialyze ...

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