Question 484 · LEK · Chronic kidney disease
For patients on dialysis, the target parathyroid hormone level is 2-9 times the upper limit of the reference range. The persistence of lower levels may cause:
- A. nodular calcification of the skin.
- B. vascular calciphylaxis.
- C. calcification of the aortic valve.
- D. adynamic bone disease.
- E. sarcoidosis.
Hint
Consider what happens to bone turnover when PTH is oversuppressed by calcium, vitamin D analogues or calcimimetics.
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