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How much Ca does the kidney filter and excrete per day?

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Glomerular filters 10g a day

0.2g out of kidneys

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How much Ca is needed for bone remodelling/repair per day?

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0.5g per day

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How much Ca is found in the body?

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1kg

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Where is the vitamin D3 found?

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Formed from action of sunlight in the skin with cholesterol, some from meat + fish

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How does the liver process vitamin D3?

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Liver hydroxylates vit D3 + stored in the liver as 25-vit D3

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What forms of vitamin D3 does the kidney convert?

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Conversion of 25-D3 –> 1,25-D3 (ACTIVE hormonal form)

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What happens to PTH levels when Ca is low and high?

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Low Ca –> Increased PTH

High Ca –> Decreased PTH

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What happens to the bone health in chronic high PTH?

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Bones gradually deteriorate and release Ca

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Where is the biggest source of Ca in the body?

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BONES

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What is the function of osteoclasts?

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Absorb bone (and apoptose after function fulfilled)

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What is the function of osteoblasts?

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Reform new bone with calcium

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What is the function of osteocytes?

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Resting bone

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What is Ca bound to in the body?

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1/2 bound to albumin (protein)

1/2 ionised (active form regulated by PTH)

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What biochemistry is increased in fracture healing?

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Alkaline phosphatase, due to increased osteoblast

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When is alkaline phosphatase raised in the body?

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In fracture healing, due to increased osteoblast activity

Also in liver problem

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What is the function of albumin in the blood?

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Ca transporter

Low albumin can result in lower Ca levels

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What are the phosphate levels in kidney failure?

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High

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Where is phosphate found?

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Meat

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What are examples of bone turnover markers in blood/urine?

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DPD or CTX

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What do beta cross laps levels measure?

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Measure osteoclastic activity and breakdown product of bone collagen

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What do x-rays show in bones?

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Metastases, deformities & fractures

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What does a MRI show in bones?

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Water not Ca

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What does radioisotope scanning show in bones?

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Taken up by osteoblasts, shows hotspot areas of increased turnover

Not diagnostic but can indicate an abnormality

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What does DEXA stand for?

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Dual energy X ray absorptiometry

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What does DEXA measure?
Assesses bone mineral density for diagnosis of osteoporosis
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What is the main cause for primary hyperparathyroidism?
Adenoma
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What does secondary hyperparathyroidism mean?
PTH working normally Low normal calcium, high PTH = normal response
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What does a vitamin D deficiency cause in kids and in adults?
Kids - rickets | Adults - osteomalacia
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What can cause rickets?
Vitamin D deficiency Phosphaturia (genetics) Low Ca intake Poor diet and sunlight exposure
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What happens to the bones in rickets?
Swollen bones at epiphyses Enlarged costalchondral junction Harrison's sulcus - ribs deformed - diaphragm pulled in on the ribs
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What are the symptoms of osteomalacia?
Bone pain, muscular weakness, malaise, rarely tetany
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Why would tetany present in osteomalacia?
Tetany = calcium stabilises muscles membranes – pain and tremors Hand of obstetrician
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What are the levels of Ca, PTH, Phosphatase and ALP in osteomalacia?
Ca - low PTH - high Phosphatase - low ALP - high
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How is osteomalacia treated?
Vitamin D replacement and rectifying underlying cause – normally given orally
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What vitamin D medications are available?
* Vitamin D depot injection 300,000 units every 6-12 months * Dekristol (trade name) – 20,000 units of vit D - Big dose – severely deficient or building up stores - Given weekly or monthly; increasingly used in our area. • Fultium D3 – formulation of 800 units – smaller tablet you can chew (1/2 a day)
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What is Paget's disease?
Uncoordinated bone re-modelling and disorganised bone turnover
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What are the symptoms of Paget's disease?
* Pain, deformity, increased fracture risk, compression of nerves * In skull, causes cranial nerve palsies. Can also cause fuzzy and thickened skull on x-ray * Commonest nerve problem is in the auditory nerve = causing deafness
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What is the treatment for Paget's disease?
Bisphosphonates | Most commonly alendronic/ risedronic acid
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What is the function of bisphosphonates?
Inhibit osteoclastic activity and prevent bone resorption
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What is osteoporosis?
Reduced bone density impaired structure and increased risk of fracture
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What are common fracture sites in osteoporosis?
Wrist, vertebrae and neck of femur
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Why is osteoporosis more common in women?
Menopause, lacking oestrogen causing more rapid bone deterioration
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What causes osteoporosis?
* Age * Post-menopausal, early menopause * Steroid treatment = Cushing syndrome (most often cause - iatrogenic) * Chronic liver, kidney, nutritional disorders affecting Ca and vit D
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What are the treatments for osteoporosis?
• Bisphosphonates (low dose) – Alendronate or risedronate orally weekly – Ibandronate or zoledronate by injection quarterly or annually • HRT and oestrogen analogues - Help prevent the effect of menopause - Controversial due to breast cancer/thrombosis risk * Ca and D3 in malnourished elderly * Denosumab – monoclonal antibody against cytokine, sc injection 6 monthly (BIOLOGIC) = causes hypocalcaemia * PTH injections – daily s-c injection, expensive – puts calcium into bones
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How do bone metastases develop?
Development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer
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Where is the most common site of bone metastases?
Breast, lung and phosphate
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What is myeloma?
Malignancy of plasma cells in bone marrow
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What occurs to the bone in myeloma?
Stimulates osteoclasts but not osteoblasts
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What are the symptoms associated with myeloma?
* Causes bone pain, fracture, pressure on adjacent nerves, spinal cord * Spinal cord compression – paraplegia – medical emergency * Hypercalcaemia of malignancy can occur with or without bone metastases
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What presents in the pelvis from breast cancer metastases?
Holes in pelvis, lytic in bone
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What is the treatment of bone metastases?
• Radiotherapy – relieve bone pain • Surgery for complications – fracture/ compression • Pain relief for symptoms • High dose IV bisphosphonates can reduce progression in myeloma, breast and prostate cancer - Can use Denosumab in a similar way
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How does phossy jaw come about in the body?
Exposed to phosphorus
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When does osteonecrosis of the jaw occur?
* Case series of cancer patients * All on high dose bisphosphonates for Paget’s disease, myeloma, hypercalcaemia * Can occur with Denosumab * Majority had had dental or maxillo-facial surgery

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