Is anemia of chronic renal failure related to secondary hyperparathyroidism?
- 1 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 141 (4) , 453-455
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.141.4.453
Abstract
A pathogenetic role of secondary hyperparathyroidism in the anemia of chronic renal failure was suggested. To investigate this relationship, the biochemical factors of secondary hyperparathyroidism (Ca, P, alkaline phosphatase and immunoreactive parathyroid hormone) were correlated with hematocrit levels in 96 long-term hemodialysis patients. Hematocrit values were compared before and after parathyroidectomy in 18 patients. No correlation between hematocrit level and biochemical indices of secondary hyperparathyroidism were found. In 44% of the patients with parathyroidectomies, the hematocrit reading increased after surgery. The importance and possible cause of this improvement of anemia in this group is discussed.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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