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Background: This study highlights how a trivial mistake in collecting timed blood samples of parathyroid hormone (PTH) during parathyroidectomy (PTX) can potentially become a serious error affecting surgical closure.
Methods: For the measurement of serum PTH, the intact PTH (iPTH) test was used to obtain baseline, preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative samples of PTH, to guide the surgical team regarding adequacy of PTX.
Results: Due to the lack of proper guidelines, all types of samples for PTH are labeled as iPTH by the Laboratory Information Services (LIS) software.
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