tess
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36 hours after surgical removal of a large parathyrodd adenoma, a 50y becomes irritable and developes hypocalcemia’signs, Ca 7.1 mg/dl, phosphorus 7.5 mg/dl, Magnesium 1.8 meq/l , What is the cause?
a. Atrophy of the following parathyoids
b. Hungry bone syndrome
c. Magnesium deficiency
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| doc4mindia
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b. Hungry bone syndrome
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| tess
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Hungry bone syndrome doesn't have hypocalcemia although the bone increased use of calcium because the other parathyroud glands already recover from inhibited state; it usually occurs later than this case. The answer is A.
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| dpk
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can u plz clear my doubt i always thought it to be hungry bone syndrome.after how much time does hungry bone syndrome occur?
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| asmi
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yes agree for A as answer .
Good Q tess,thanks
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| dimps
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ya tess i m also confused ,acc to kaplan hypocalcemia occurs in hungry bone syndrome
can u plz tell me how much time it takes for it to occur
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| nonstopdoc1
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the answer is A. so better monitor Ca and albumin postop.
hungary bones syndrome occurs after about 1 week. a/w again temp increase in PTH wth normal/low Ca levels.
source:CMDT
b/w very good question.
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| dimps
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thanx for ur refrence nonstopdoc1
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