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A 40-year-old patient undergoes surgery for a PTH-secreting tumor in which the parathyroid is removed. Which physiological alteration would the nurse expect following surgery?
 
  a. Increased serum calcium
  b. Decreased bone formation
  c. Decreased calcium reabsorption in the kidney
  d. Increased calcitonin
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ANS: C
PTH acts on the kidney to increase calcium reabsorption and to decrease phosphate reabsorption. None of the remaining options would be expected with such surgery.
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