oxalates and Hypoparathyroidism

100 g of spinach a day was added to the hospital diet of fifty-four patients with suspected malabsorption. Hyperoxaluria was found in thirty-eight patients; all of them had steatorrhoea. No patient with steatorrhoea had a urinary oxalate excretion of less than 40 mg a day. Ten other patients had hyperoxaluria, but the faecal fat determinations were regarded as unreliable in almost all and malabsorption could not be confirmed. It is suggested that in clinical practice determination of urinary oxalate after an oral load of oxalate could replace faecal fat determination in most patients with suspected malabsorption.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Carcinoma; Celiac Disease; Chronic Disease; Crohn Disease; Diet; Feces; Humans; Hypoparathyroidism; Lipids; Liver Cirrhosis; Middle Aged; Oxalates; Pancreatitis; Peptic Ulcer; Thyroid Neoplasms; Vegetables

Topics: Alanine; Animals; Anura; Dogs; Female; Foreign-Body Reaction; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Humans; Hypoparathyroidism; Magnesium Deficiency; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Oxalates; Rabbits; Rats; Solvents; Ultrasonic Therapy; Urinary Calculi

Topics: Acetates; Amino Acids; Calcium; Calcium Isotopes; Chromatography, Gel; Citrates; Formates; Humans; Hypoparathyroidism; Kidney Calculi; Magnesium; Oxalates; Paget Disease, Extramammary; Phosphates; Protein Binding; Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; Sulfates

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Ammonium Chloride; Bicarbonates; Calcium; Calcium, Dietary; Circadian Rhythm; Diffusion; Edetic Acid; Ethinyl Estradiol; Fasting; Glutamates; Glycine; Humans; Hyperparathyroidism; Hypoparathyroidism; Kidney Calculi; Magnesium; Male; Oxalates; Purines