Intensive calcium monitoring improves outcomes on hungry bone syndrome in hyperparathyroidism

Abstract

Objectives. Hungry bone syndrome (HBS) is a severe and underdiagnosed complication of parathyroidectomy in the treatment of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) and secondary hyper-parathyroidism to chronic kidney disease (SHP-CKD).

Keywords

• hypocalcemia
• hungry bone syndrome
• hyperparathyroidism
• parathyroidectomy
• calcium
• bone