To study possible influences of a mild increase in serum-ionized calcium concentration that is seen during daily life on circulating parathyroid hormone (PTH) immunoheterogeneity, we used sequence-specific PTH assays to determine serum intact PTH, C-terminal PTH and N-terminal PTH following oral calcium (1.5 g) in healthy subjects (n = 7). This was also performed in patients with primary hyperpara

Circulating parathyroid hormone (PTH) immunoheterogeneity is altered in primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). It is not known, however, whether the relative secretion of various PTH fragments differs between the adenomatous and the non-adenomatous glands in pHPT. We therefore examined the immunoheterogeneity of PTH in patients operated upon because of parathyroid adenoma pre- and 4 days postoperativ

BACKGROUND: The immediate postoperative function of the parathyroid glands after surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) has not been established. We therefore examined the influences of hypercalcemia and hypocalcemia on serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in the immediate postoperative period in patients with pHPT.METHODS: Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid was infused in patients on the f

The intraoperative differential diagnosis between adenoma and hyperplasia during surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is sometimes difficult. Several methods have been proposed to aid the surgeon in deciding on the amount of parathyroid tissue to be resected. We examined the use of intraoperative monitoring of intact PTH in 47 patients operated upon for pHPT. The highly sensitive assay f

It has been suggested that calcium changes the set point of the pituitary thyroid feedback. It is not known, however, if small and slow changes of calcium and/or parathyroid hormone (PTH) within the physiological range influence the serum levels of thyrotropin (TSH) and thyroid hormones in healthy subjects or patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Nine healthy subjects and nine patients

Episodes of transient thyrotoxicosis after surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism have previously been described, and surgical trauma to the thyroid gland has been suggested as an etiologic factor. However, there are several links between the thyroid and parathyroid hormonal systems, and therefore other explanations are possible as well. In this study we investigate pre- and postoperative serum l

The ability of calcium to suppress the secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is impaired in primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). Whether the nonadenomatous glands in pHPT also exhibit altered calcium/PTH homeostasis is not known, but this may be the case since in the immediate postoperative period after surgery for pHPT, hypocalcemia often evolves in spite of a rapid normalization of serum levels

The secretion of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) was investigated in 11 patients operated on for parathyroid adenoma at 1 year after surgery and compared with that of seven healthy individuals and five patients operated on because of clinical and biochemical signs of primary hyperparathyroidism with equivocal diagnosis after surgery. The investigation was performed by infusing Na2EDTA and CaCl2 a

BACKGROUND: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is associated with a defective regulation of the secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Thus in pHPT, higher than normal calcium concentrations are required to inhibit PTH release. However, it is not known if this defective regulation is normalized by removal of the parathyroid adenoma (i.e., whether the regulation of PTH secretion is normal in the r

The introduction of assays for the intact parathyrin (parathyroid hormone) has dramatically improved the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. However, in some patients with mild or intermittent hypercalcaemia, when plasma concentrations of intact parathyrin may be within the normal reference concentrations, the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism may still be

It is not known whether thyroid surgery evokes changes in calcium metabolism. We therefore studied 6 patients operated upon with hemithyroidectomy for benign thyroid diseases, preoperatively and at 3 months and 1 year postoperatively. We measured changes in serum levels of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH), vitamin D metabolites, ionized calcium, phosphate, osteocalcin, thyroid hormones and bone de

Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is associated with a right-shifted relation between parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion and calcium. However, it is also possible that a decreased suppressibility of PTH secretion by calcium is important for maintaining hypercalcemia in pHPT. We therefore compared the suppression of serum levels of intact PTH induced by a 1.5-gram oral calcium load in patients wi

Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is associated with osteopenia. However, the individual variation in recovery in bone mass after surgery is large. Therefore, modes of prediction of the increase in bone mass after parathyroid surgery were investigated. Preoperatively and at one year after surgery bone mineral content (BMC) in the distal radius was measured with single photon absorptiometry techni

AL-Karama dam, the second largest dam in Jordan, was constructed in the Jordan valley area in the year 1979. Currently, the dam holds about 72% of its designed storage capacity with total dissolved solids concentration of 2.2%. The dam water was designed to irrigate 100 km2 of new reclaimed areas and to provide drinking water for more than 30,000 residences. In this work, solar desalination system

Unilateral neck exploration for primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) of old and high risk patients can be safely performed under local anesthesia, provided there is a correct preoperative side localization of the enlarged parathyroid gland. We performed large vein sampling and measured intact parathyroid hormones (PTH) with a new, highly sensitive immunoradiometric assay. The method was used before

Patients with primary hyperparathyroidism are often elderly with cardiovascular disease and in some an operation might be hazardous owing to anaesthetic complications. A technique for operation for primary hyperparathyroidism under local anaesthesia is described. The method uses a unilateral approach. Seventeen consecutive patients operated on under local anaesthesia were compared with a group of

OBJECTIVE: To clarify the association between primary hyperparathyroidism and cortical osteopenia.DESIGN: Open study.SETTING: Department of Surgery, University of Lund, Sweden.SUBJECTS: 38 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism.OUTCOME MEASURES: Correlation between bone density (measured by single photon absorption) and age; sex; serum concentrations of parathyroid hormone and ionised calcium;

To improve the sensitivity of thallium-technetium subtraction scintigraphy for preoperative localization procedure of enlarged parathyroid glands in primary hyperparathyroidism, we administered calcitonin intramuscularly 4 hours before the scintigraphy in 14 consecutive patients. Injection of calcitonin reduced plasma levels of ionized calcium from 1.47 +/- 0.10 mmol/l to 1.41 +/- 0.09 mmol/l (p l