Please use the following information to answer questions 15 & 16. Your 50-year-old female patient is prescribed hormone replacement (estrogen) therapy due to the effects of menopause.
15. Which of the following did you evaluate in your patient?
a. Calcium
b. Vitamin D
c. Parathyroid function
d. Thyroid function
e. All of the above
Estrogen has multiple other effects that relate to the skeleton. For example, enhanced intestinal calcium absorption can be beneficial to bones. Estrogen protects the bone from the resorptive effects of PTH. Estrogen may interact with mechanical forces to build bone.Estrogen therapy (ET) is associated with lower serum calciumn and phosphorus concentrations and is known to increase bone mineral density (BMD).so calcium level to be monitored.
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