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- Title
Impaired regulation of calcium excretion in kidney transplant recipients.
- Authors
Smalcelj, Ruzica; Kusec, Vesna
- Abstract
Disorders of mineral metabolism and hypercalcemia are frequent in kidney transplant recipients. Calcium to creatinine (Ca/Cr) clearance ratio was used as a criterion to distinguish between different calcium metabolism disorders. The study comprised 91 (53 men, 38 women) kidney recipients aged 23-70 years, with creatinine clearance (CrCl) >60 ml/min. The following parameters related to mineral metabolism were measured in serum: iPTH, total alkaline phosphatase (tALP), telopeptide (bone degradation marker, CTX), 25(OH)D, total and ionized calcium, Ca, Pi, creatinine (Cr). Creatinine and Ca were also determined in urine, as well as Ca/Cr clearance ratio. According to the Ca/Cr clearance ratio, patients were divided into three groups as follows: <0.01 (found in disorders caused by reduced calcium-sensing receptor sensitivity, N = 30), 0.01-0.02 (normal value, N = 45), and >0.02 (found in hyperparathyroidism, N = 16). In the group of patients with Ca/Cr clearance ratio <0.01, seven patients had hypercalcemia, and four patients had hypercalcemia and elevated iPTH. It seems that impairment of renal calcium excretion may occur in kidney transplant recipients with good kidney function. Inappropriately low calciuria and impaired sensitivity of calcium-sensing receptor may be pathogenetic factors causing hypercalcemia in kidney transplant recipients.
- Subjects
MINERAL metabolism; MINERALS in the body; CALCIUM; COMPLICATIONS from organ transplantation; KIDNEY transplantation; HYPERCALCEMIA
- Publication
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2011, Vol 123, Issue 11/12, p334
- ISSN
0043-5325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00508-011-1575-6