Bone Abstracts

Bone metabolism disorders and hypercalcemia occur often in kidney transplant recipients.In 59 kidney recipients (aged 22–74 years, creatinine clearance > 50 ml/min) who were hypercalcemic on more than three consecutive previous visits, the following serum parameters were estimated 1–147 months posttransplant: iPTH, Ca total and ionized, Pi, total and bone alkaline phosphatase, crosslaps, 25(OH)D3, cyclosporine/tacrolimus trough levels. Urin...

Bone mineral density (BMD) changes were estimated in kidney recipients. In 63 patients aged 24–64 years, measured creatinine clearance at the end of the first posttransplant year was >50 ml/min and remained stable over the study period, bone mineral density (BMD) was estimated in the lumbar spine, femoral neck, Ward’s triangle and the distal third of the radius using dual energy absorptiometry (DEXA) 0.1–4, 12–18 and 23–36 months after transplantat...