Systematic Administration of Calcium and Vitamin D After Thyroidectomy

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-08-04
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Transient hypocalcaemia consist the most common postoperative complication after thyroidectomy (10-45%). It may be mild and subclinical or cause mild or severe symptoms and may lead to longer hospital stay as well as in discomfort of the patients. For the management oral or intravenous calcium with or without vitamin D administration can be used based on the blood calcium levels and on the symptomatology. The investigators intent to study a new protocol with oral calcium and vitamin D given systematically from the day of operation to assess if this practice can minimize the rate of transient hypocalcaemia and as a consequence minimize the length of stay in the hospital.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hellenic Red Cross Hospital
• Treatments: Alfacalcidol; Calcium; Calcium, Dietary; Vitamin D

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Thyroid pathology only

• No calcium metabolism problems

• Total / near total thyroidectomy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Renal failure,

• Secondary hyperparathyroidism,

• Primary hyperparathyroidism,

• thyroid lobectomy,

• Thyroid reoperation