ea0031p45 | Clinical biochemistry | SFEBES2013
Chand Natalie
, Weston-Petrides Gina
, Evans Abigail
, Skene Anthony
, Begley Joe
, Antonas Philipp
, Richardson Tristan
Introduction: A persistently elevated parathyroid hormone (PTH) following parathyroidectomy is usually associated with vitamin D deficiency. We have previously demonstrated this to occur in ~60% of post-operative patients. We have examined the effect of routine vitamin D replacement pre-operatively on the proportion of patients with persistently elevated PTH post-operatively.Methods: Data was collated retrospectively from our parathyroid database, includ...