Can the combination of calcium and parathormone levels above k/doqi guidelines be used as a marker of adynamic bone disease in African Americans?
2011
Background
Patients of African American descent are at risk for the development of adynamic bone disease at parathyroid hormone levels 50% above the K/DOQI guidelines. Since a low bone formation rate is associated with hypercalcemia, attempts to reach one K/DOQI guideline may result in serum calcium levels above another K/DOQI guideline. Calcium levels above K/DOQI guidelines therefore may signal a need to stop parathyroid suppression.
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