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What is your PTH threshold for referring an ESKD patient with secondary hyperparathyroidism on maximum medical therapy for parathyroidectomy?

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Nephrology · Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

I think PTX should be done pretty much never with PTH <800 and most of the time with values >2000.

Why such a large range? The biggest consideration is symptoms; if present, my threshold approaches 800. However, ascribing symptoms to hPTH is problematic. Hypercalcemia is the most specific finding wi...

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