Vitamin D Deficiency and Postoperative Hypocalcemia
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2017-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Hypocalcemia is a frequent adverse event after thyroidectomy. It is usually related to
hypoparathyroidism, but preoperative hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia or vitamin D deficiency
contributes to it. This study aims to determine the frequency of vitamin D deficiency or
insufficiency in patients submitted to thyroidectomy, to define the risk attributed to
vitamin D deficiency to postoperative hypocalcemia, to identify other factors associated to
postoperative calcium disorder, and to evaluate the benefit of preoperative treatment of
vitamin D deficiency to prevent postoperative hypocalcemia.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Treatments:
Cholecalciferol Ergocalciferols Vitamin D Vitamins