In a boy with postsurgical hypocalcemia, serum calcium improved within 48 h after palopegteriparatide initiation.
In plain wordsIn a boy with postsurgical hypocalcemia, serum calcium improved within 48 h after palopegteriparatide initiation.
- Peptide
- Palopegteriparatide
- Outcome
- IncreaseSerum calcium improvement
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Electrolyte balance · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Time to serum calcium improvement
- ≤ 48 h
- after palopegteriparatide start
Source sentences
Serum calcium improved within 48 h, intravenous calcium was stopped after 5 days, and calcitriol, sevelamer, and calcium acetate were discontinued within 11 days.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
We report the case of a 14-year-old boy with Graves' disease who developed profound postoperative hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy, with serum calcium 5.9 mg/dL, ionized calcium 0.83 mmol/L, and undetectable parathyroid hormone.
Off-label subcutaneous palopegteriparatide, a long-acting PTH(1-34) prodrug, was started after multidisciplinary assessment and informed consent from the family.