Tag Archives: hyperparathyroidism
Influence of Wasting on Hyperparathyroidism in Black Diabetic Hemodialysis Patients
Hemodialysis.com Interview with Rapeepat Lekkham, MD
Nephrology Fellow,
Albert Einstein Medical Center,
Philadelphia, PA
Hemodialysis.com: What are the main findings of the study?
Dr. Lekkham: We conducted the retrospective study on hemodialysis patients who mainly (92.9%) were black and stratified by the absence or presence of wasting syndrome (which defined by serum albumin less than 3.8 g/dl, normalized protein nitrogen appearance (nPNA) less than 0.8 g/kg/day and BMI less than 23 kg/m2) and the association with secondary hyperparathyroidism. Compared to non-diabetic patients, our study found that diabetic patients had a higher mean serum iPTH. Also, serum iPTH was higher in all diabetic non-wasting subgroups patients as well. Other related parameters including mean serum phosphate, serum alkaline phosphatase, the requirement of cinacalcet, vitamin D analogues and phosphate binders were comparable in both groups.
Marie Benz, MD on Google+Serum Parathyroid Hormone in Relation to All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality
Hemodialysis.com Author Interview: 
Hanne van Ballegooijen
VU University Amsterdam
The Netherlands
The main findings of this study were that among older individuals higher PTH concentrations were associated with higher all-cause mortality risk, mostly explained by fatal CVD events.
