Mineral and bone disorders in patients on dialysis: physiology and...

Nephrology Nursing Journal;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Normal Bone and Mineral Metabolism Four independent...control of bone and mineral metabolism: PTH, vitamin D...helps maintain normal serum calcium levels. PTH acts...affects bone and mineral metabolism. Naturally occurring...interaction between serum ...

Secondary hyperparathyroidism in chronic kidney disease: clinical...

Nephrology Nursing Journal;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......However, the alterations in mineral metabolism reach far beyond these...Secondary HPT Normal bone and mineral metabolism. To understand the interrelated...absence of CKD, bone and mineral metabolism are influenced by the interaction...helping to maintain normal serum ...

Laboratory testing in healthy women with osteoporosis. (Tips from Other...

American Family Physician;  February 15, 2003 ;     525 words ......bone loss and age-related bone and mineral metabolism changes. Identification of contributing...disorders that could affect bone and mineral metabolism, which were identified by laboratory...disorders that could affect bone or mineral metabolism and those taking drugs that ...

Parathyroidectomy: New criteria for evaluating outcome

The American Surgeon;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......PTH) and normal reference ranges of serum calcium have changed in recent years, a revised...parathyroidectomy. Although 257 patients had serum calcium levels <10.6 mg/dL during the entire...annual follow-up is: 1) monitor total serum calcium only if serum calcium ...

A practical approach to hypercalcemia.

American Family Physician;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......levels can affect the total serum calcium level. Directly measuring the...calculate the corrected total serum calcium level: Corrected calcium...plasma albumin]) 3 0.8 + [serum calcium] Parathyroid hormone (PTH...

Evaluation of Total Serum Calcium Critical Values

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......critical values policy. Total serum calcium commonly is included in critical...the critical values for total serum calcium used in our institution. Design.-We studied all critical total serum calcium results found during a 3-month...

Calcimimetics Cut PTH Release, Lower Calcium.(parathyroid hormone)

Internal Medicine News;  September 1, 2001 ;     323 words ......hormone release while also lowering serum calcium levels. The new drugs stand to be attractive...hormone (PTH) production, they also boost serum calcium levels by enhancing intestinal calcium...lower PTH levels while also lowering serum calcium and phosphorus levels is an appealing...

The effects of thiazide diuretics on bone mineral metabolism

Journal of the National Medical Association;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......corresponding increase in bone mineral. The study of mineral metabolism in bone is difficult...used to study bone mineral metabolism in animals given thiazide...thiazide diuretics bone mineral metabolism Since its introduction...corresponding increase in serum ...

Anorexia, seizures, and ST-T abnormalities in a morbidly obese 21-year-old...

Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings;  April 1, 2005 ;     688 words ......other conditions. The patient's total serum calcium concentration was strikingly low (3...8.7-10.7). Normally about 47% of serum calcium is protein bound, and about 53% is...ionized) (5). Because protein-bound serum calcium is bound primarily to albumin and because...

Paricalcitol Doesn't Up Calcium Level In Renal Failure.(Zemplar)

Internal Medicine News;  September 1, 2001 ;     240 words ......cut PTH levels by about 60% and left serum calcium and phosphorus levels virtually unchanged...potency of calcitriol for increasing serum calcium and phosphorus, said Dr. Martin, a...controls PTH while modestly increasing serum calcium and phosphorus. Direct clinical comparisons...

Life-threatening post-partum hypercalcaemia

British Journal of Biomedical Science;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......glucose 5.7 mmol/L) but her corrected serum calcium was extremely high at 5.29 mmol/L.1...PHPT). Interestingly, her corrected serum calcium had been checked 24-hours post-partum...over 90 minutes) and after 10 days the serum calcium had fallen to 2.7 mmol/L. An ultrasound...

Short Communication: Changes in Micromineral, Magnesium, Cytokine, and...

Journal of Dairy Science;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of this study was to investigate mineral metabolism and immune response in dairy goats...neuroendocrine system, immune system, and mineral metabolism interact to coordinate physiological...proinflammatory mediators, changes in mineral metabolism, fever, reduced feed intake, reduced...

Interaction of serum calcium with serum phosphorus important with...

DVM;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......summary of this article follows. Total serum calcium concentration as reported in the serum...Hypercalcemia is often reported when total serum calcium concentration is greater than 12.2...ionized calcium concentration Total serum calcium and serum ionized calcium values are...

Guidelines reduce calcium threshold for surgery. (Asymptomatic...

Family Practice News;  August 1, 2002 ;     582 words ......asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism when serum calcium levels are 1 mg/dL above the upper...improving their reliability at measuring serum calcium levels. The sense still is that the serum calcium level is a measure of the activity...

Secondary Causes May Explain Bone Loss in Breast Ca Patients.

OB GYN News;  August 15, 2001 ;     345 words ......for hidden disorders of bone and mineral metabolism that also contribute to their bone...underlying disorders of bone and mineral metabolism which, in addition to their osteoporosis...undetected disorders of bone and mineral metabolism, standard osteoporosis therapy may...