UK national chronic hypoparathyroidism audit.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Individuals with chronic hypoparathyroidism may experience suboptimal medical care with high frequency of unplanned hospitalisation and iatrogenic harm. In 2015 the European Society for Endocrinology published consensus guidelines on the management of chronic hypoparathyroidism. We set out to audit compliance with these guidelines.

Methods

Using these recommendations as audit standards we worked with the Society for Endocrinology and Parathyroid UK to conduct a national audit of management of chronic hypoparathyroidism in the United Kingdom. Endocrine leads in 117 endocrine departments were invited to participate in the survey by completing a data collection tool on up to 5 sequential cases of chronic hypoparathyroidism seen in their outpatient clinics in the prec

SUBMITTER: Kiam JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9795987 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature