title: [Vitamin D deficiency in femoral neck fractures (author's transl)].
abstract: In a therapeutic trial 20 patients with femoral neck fractures (FNF) were treated alternatively without supplemental vitamin D, calcium and phosphate or with 15 000 I.U. vitamin D2, 500 mg Ca++ and 560 mg of phosphate daily. Within two weeks, 25-OH-D in serum increased in patients with supplementary therapy. It is concluded that in the German Federal Republic, vitamin D deficiency is frequently found in the elderly during the winter months and that vitamin D deficiency could be important for the development of FNF.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000032:analysis; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000097:blood; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D014807:Vitamin D; D010758:Phosphorus; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Vitamin-D-Mangel bei Schenkelhalsfrakturen.