Rates and Outcomes of Parathyroidectomy for Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Secondary hyperparathyroidism is common among patients with ESRD. Although medical therapy for secondary hyperparathyroidism has changed dramatically over the last decade, rates of parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism across the United States population are unknown. We examined temporal trends in rates of parathyroidectomy, in-hospital mortality, length of hospital stay, and costs of hospitalization.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

Using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a representative national database on hospital stay regardless of age and payer in the United States, we identified parathyroidectomies for secondary hyperparathyroidism from 2002 to 2011. Data from the US Renal D

SUBMITTER: Kim SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4934842 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature