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Super-high levels of serum intact-parathyroid hormone and bone turnover markers descended with recuperating allograft function and a short-term high-dose methylprednisolone during preoperative period of renal transplantation: a retrospective cohort study

Wenqing Xie, Jun-Hao Lv, Chun-Xiao Wei, Zhechi He, Suya Wang

Translational Andrology and Urology, 2025

137 participants · 1 citation

Abstract

Background Secondary hyperparathyroidism is an important factor of chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD), which frequently results in maintenance dialysis patients having super-high levels of serum intact-parathyroid hormone (iPTH) and bone turnover markers (BTMs). This study aimed to investigate the immediate changes of iPTH and BTMs levels after renal transplantation during the perioperative period, and to explore the allograft function rapid recovery and the effect of high-dose glucocorticoids on serum iPTH and BTMs. Methods Between April 2018 and August 2021, a total of 346 Chinese kidney transplantation (KT) recipients (median age, 34.0 years; 236 males and 110 females; median dialysis duration, 12 months) were enrolled in this retrospective cohort study. The included patients had been undergoing maintenance dialysis for at least three months before transplant, and all of them accepted short-term high-dose methylprednisolone (MP) to prevent allograft rejection in the perioperative period. Allograft functions were evaluated and divided into different groups accorded to the CKD staging on the postoperative fifth day. Serum beta C-terminal crosslinking telopeptide of type I collagen (β-CTX), type 1N-terminal propeptide (P1NP), osteocalcin (OC), and iPTH were measured from fasting morning blood samples before surgery and on the postoperative fifth day with an electro-chemiluminescence immunoassay analyzer (2012; Roche Diagnostics). Results Among the…

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