Cost-effectiveness analysis regarding postoperative administration of vitamin-d and calcium after thyroidectomy to prevent hypocalcaemia

Objective Hypocalcaemia is a frequently arising complication following total thyroidectomy. Routine postoperative prophylactic administration of vitamin D or metabolites and calcium reduce the incidence of symptomatic hypocalcaemia; this article reports evaluating its cost-effectiveness in Colombia....

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Autores:
Sanabria, Alvaro
Dominguez, Luis Carlos
Vega, Neil Valentin
Osorio, Camilo
Duarte, Daniel
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/33411
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/33411
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/23491/
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/23491/2/
Palabra clave:
Thyroid neoplasm
thyroidectomy
hypocalcaemia
cost-benefit
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