title: [Vitamin D deficiency in long-stay geriatric patients. Study of a therapeutic protocol adapted to the institutional milieu].
abstract: A vitamin D deficiency was observed in 22 women and 6 men aged 66 to 94 years, hospitalised in a long-stay department in the Paris region for an average of 5 years and incapable of going out. The diagnosis was confirmed by measuring serum 25 (OH) D: 1.89 +/- 0.18 ng/ml during the month of June (11.5 +/- 4.2 ng/ml at the same period in II healthy young adults). The patients were randomly divided into two groups of 11 (Group I) and 17 patients (Group II). The first group was given an improved diet in calcium and Vit. D; the second group received, in addition, an intramuscular supplement of 30 mg of Vit. D3 in monthly injections of 5 or 10 mg. The serum 25 (OH) D levels were measured each month in both groups. Patients with intramuscular supplements showed a slow rise until the total injected dose exceeded 20 mg, followed by a sudden rise to values greater than 30 ng/ml. Eight months after the last injection, mean serum 25 (OH) D was still 24.7 +/- 4.6 ng/ml compared to only 3.6 +/- 3 ng/ml in Group I. Vitamin D deficiency in geriatric patients cannot be corrected by dietary supplement alone, but parenteral Vit. D3 using an easily applicable therapeutic protocol is effective and well tolerated at the suggested dosage.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lanoe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sauvage
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Camus
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guillemant
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002762:Cholecalciferol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D002762:Cholecalciferol
vernacular_title: Carence en vitamine D chez le vieillard hospitalisé en long séjour. Etude d'un protocole de correction adapté au milieu institutionnel.