Ca, Phos, Bone Flashcards
Causes low ALP
- HPP
- Congetnital hypophosphatasia
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Zine Def
- Vit C Def
- Wilson disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Celiac Disease
- Glucocorticoids
- Bisphosphonates
- Pernicious anemia
- Active caloric restriction
- Multiple myeloma, other cancers
- Major trauma or surgery
Cause high ALP
- Bone disease
- GI disease
○ biliary tract obstruction - elevated LFTs too
○ liver disease (eg, tumor, abscess, granulomas, or amyloidosis) - isolated elevated ALP - Transient hyperphosphatasemia of infancy and early childhood (benign)
FGF23 receptor
- what kind of R
- what does it do
- what does it cause
- tyrosine kinase recetpro
- degradation of NaPi cotransporter
- lowers [phos]
- also decreases calcitriol
- increases 24-OHase
SnS HypoCa
irritability
jitteriness
tremors
perioral and acral paresthesia
poor feeding
laryngospasm
muscle cramp
lethargy
seizure
Trousseau’s sign
Chvostek’s sign
prolonged QTc
arrhythmia
bradycardia
Neonatal HypoCa DDx
- Early-Onset (0-72 hours)
○ IDM, IUGR, birth asphyxia, prematurity
○ Maternal hypercalcemia
○ Hypoparathyroidism (transient or permanent) - Late-Onset (>72 hours)
○ High phosphorus intake - in formula
§ Because this steals all the Ca to complex w so decreases [Ca]
○ Low magnesium
Maternal vitamin D deficiency – Hypoparathyroidism
HyperCa SnS
Polyuria, polydipsia
Anorexia, nausea and vomiting
Failure to thrive in infants and toddlers
Constipation
Hypotonia
Irritability/seizure/depression
Renal calculi
Bone pain
Hypertension
how does SCFN cause hyper Ca
Granulomatous disease (1-alpha hydroxylase - high levels of 1,25 OH Vit D from macrophages)
how does Williams syndrome cause hyperCa
Incr absorption of Ca and dcr clearance
features to distinguish FHH from other causes of hyper Ca
Low calcium in urine (hypocalciuria)
Family history of the same (autosomal dominant)
Lower PTH
No findings on ultrasound or imaging (ie: no adenomas)
Hypercalcemia is present from a young age
Elevated Mg (or upper limit of normal)
Typically mild hypercalcemia
Typically asymptomatic
Mgmt HyperCa
Acute
– Hydration (normal saline) - (1.5-2xmaintenance)
– Loop diuretics– for fluid overload (not first line) – do not recommend prolonged use
– Oral phosphate for binding of calcium in intestine
– Calcitonin
– Dialysis
– Bisphosphonate
Long term
- bisphosphonates
*denosumab
– Glucocorticoids (inhibits 1 ⍺ hydroxylase activity + decreases GI absorption of Ca)
– Calcimimetic agents (Allosteric activators of CaSR-> reduce PTH secretion)
– Parathyroidectomy
– cinacalcet for neonates/inoperable cases -> Stimulates the CaSR
Hungry bone syndrome
After prolonged hyperparathyroid - acute removal of PTH so bones take back up the Ca
– Severe hypocalcemia
– Hypophosphatemia
– Hypomagnesemia
– Elevated alkaline phosphatase
- Due to chronic increase in bone resorption
- Bone influx of minerals after acute drop in PTH levels
Hungry bones – rapid aggressive remineralization after prolonged exposure to PTH
sx hypophos
Muscle weakness
Fatigue
Acute neurological symptoms – paresthesia, altered mental status, seizures
causes hypophos
**Renal phosphate wasting (main cause)
**Acute phosphate redistribution
○ Refeeding syndrome
**High PTH
○ PTH inhibits phosphate reabsorption in proximal renal tubule
**Decreased GI uptake / intestinal absorption
○ Starvation, e.g. AN
○ Vitamin D deficiency
○ Malabsorption
○ Inhibition of phosphate absorption (eg, antacids containing aluminum or magnesium, niacin)
○ Chronic alcoholism
○ Steatorrhea and chronic diarrhea
○ Vitamin D deficiency or resistance (VDDR1: mutation in 1-alpha-hydroxylase)
**Renal losses / increased urinary excretion
○ Hyperparathyroidism – primary and secondary
○ Hypophosphatemic rickets (X-linked and AD)
○ Vit D Def or resistance
○ RTA (fanconi)
○ Diuretic therapy
○ Hypomagnesemia
○ Aldosteronism
○ HHRH : Hereditary hypophosphatemic rickets with hypercalciuria (LOF mutations in Na-Pi IIc)
○ Oncogenic osteomalacia
**Intracellular shifts / internal redistribution
○ Alkalosis (metab or resp)
○ Increased insulin secretion (particularly refeeding)
○ Hungry bone syndrome
○ Administration of corticosteroids, epi, lactate, glucose, insulin
○ Recovery from hypothermia
**Misc
* Acute gout
* Hypokalemia
* Carcinoma – tumor induced osteomalacia
* DKA
* Alcohol withdrawal
what is Fanconi syndrome
Renal proximal tubular disorder leading to loss of:
- phos
- gluc
- K
- bicarb
- UA
- AA
- proximal RTA
HypoMg
- what does it do to PTH
- sx
Chronic hypoMg -> Decreases PTH secretion and action
==”Stuns the gland”
Acutely hypoMg -> parathyroid increases secretion of PTH
Symptoms of hypocalcemia
* Irritability
* Muscle twitches
* Jitteriness
* Tremors
* Poor feeding
* Lethargy
* Seizures
what does hyperMg do
suppresses PTH
Stimulates CaSR
Genetic syndromes assoc w hyperparathyroid
MEN 1
MEN 2a
Hyperparathyroidism - jaw tumor syndrome
MEN 4
Familial isolated hyperparathyroidism
Neonatal severe primary hyperpathyroidism
Nonsense PHPT
clinical features of rickets
○ Craniotabes
○ Frontal bossing
○ Delayed closure of fontanelles
○ Delayed eruption of teeth with poor enamel formation, pitting
○ Rachitic rosary
○ Harrison’s groove
○ Pectus carinatum
○ Scoliosis and kyphosis
○ Flaring of the metaphyses of the long bones
○ Bowing of legs
○ Poor growth, short stature
○ Muscle hypotonia -> pronounced potbelly and waddling gait
○ Pathologic fracture
adolescents:
○ Bone pain (usually lower spine, pelvis, lower extremities) and muscle weakness
○ Bone tenderness
○ Fracture (rib, vertebrae, long bone)
○ Difficulty walking and waddling gait
Muscle spasms, cramps, a positive Chvostek’s sign, tingling/numbness, and inability to ambulate
Xray of rickets
- Widening of growth plate (metaphysis)
- Irregularity of the epiphyseal-metaphyseal junctions
- Metaphyseal cupping, splaying and fraying (vs. sharp demarcation and slightly convexshape)
-Osteopenia
-Bowing of long bones (if wt bearing)
-Pseudofractures (= Looser’s zones or Milkman’s fractures)
-unhealed microfractures at points of stress or at entry point of blood vessels into bone
Rickets or osteopenia of prematurity
causes”
– Prematurity (Failure to accrue bone mineral in third trimester)
– Chronic medical problems; Medications used to treat them
– Inadequate intake of minerals post birth, TPN dependency, aluminum toxicity
= lack of dietary Ca, phos, Vit D + lack of Vit D can cause decreased absorption of Ca and Phos
RF for MBD of prem
- <28 wga
- <1500g
- TPN for >4weeks
- CLD
- long term diuretic use
- NEC grade 2 or more
- fluid restriction (TFI <150)
what do you see on xray in scruvy
osteopenic with thin cortices
sclerotic bands
Primary causes of osteoporosis
1) OI
2) Idiopathic juvenile osteoperosis
Types of OI
○ Mild - type 1
○ Type 2 - lethal
○ Type 3 - severe
○ Type 4 - moderate
○ Type 5 - moderate
Secondary causes of osteoporosis
1) Malignancy
- leukemia
- solid tumours
2) Inflammatory disorders
- Rheuatoid arthritis
-IBD
-CF
-Celiac disease
3) Muscle weakness or reduced mobility
-DMD
-CP
-Developmental delay
-Autism
4) Osteotoxic drugs
-Glucocorticoids
-Methotrexate
-GnRH agonists
5) Endocrinopathies
-Hypogonadism
-Hyperthyroidism
-Cushing
Meds causing osteoporosis
○ Glucocorticoids
○ Anticonvulsants
○ Methotrexate
○ Antiepileptics
○ Heparin
○ Immunosuppressants: MTX, Cyclosporine A
○ Lithium
○ Antiretrovirals
○ GnRH agonist
○ Sex hormone deprivation with gonadotropin releasing hormone agonists or medroxyprogesterone acetate.
○ Thyrotoxicosis
○ Diuretics
L-thyroxine suppressive therapy (only post menopausal women)
how do GC cause osteoporosis
CELLS
- increased apoptosis osteoblasts and chondrocytes
- decreased proliferation osteocytes
- inhibition of osteoblastogenesis
- prolongs osteoclast life
- enhanced osteoclastogenesis
HORMONES/OTHER FACTORS
- decreased OPG
- increased FGF23
- decreased expression type 1 collagen
- decreased WNT signalling
ENZYMES
- impaired 1aOHase
Ca coming into body
- increased Ca excretion in the kidney
- decreased Ca absoriotn in gut
OTHER HORMONES
- impaired androgens
- decreased sex hormones
- decreased GH and IGF1