SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM

Course overview

HYPERPARATHYROIDISM SECONDARY TO CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE IS A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION OF PARATHYROID HORMONE (PTH), SECONDARY TO A PHOSPHOCALCIC METABOLIC DISORDER. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT REPRESENTS THE ONLY RADICAL TREATMENT OF THE DISEASE AND ITS INDICATIONS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF THIS CONDITION.