Cinacalcet as symptomatic treatment of hypercalcaemia in primary hyperparathyroidism prior to surgery.

CONCLUSION: Cinacalcet rapidly reduced serum calcium in PHPT patients with severe hypercalcaemia and can be useful as a short-term pretreatment prior to surgery, allowing the completion of diagnostics and safe awaiting for operation. PMID: 28660989 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28660989?dopt=Abstract

Source: Endokrynologia Polska - July 1, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Misiorowski W, Zgliczyński W Tags: Endokrynol Pol Source Type: research