[Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in short stay departments of nursing homes: a nursing home physician's task].
This research shows that nursing home physicians might play an important part in the diagnostics and treatment of vitamin-D deficiency. 96 rehabilitating elderly who had undergone a hip operation were investigated. 36% had a vitamin-D deficiency (vitamin-D < 30 nmol/l). Vitamin-D deficiency was 53 % in the fracture group and 26% in the arthritis group. Deficiencies were treated with vitamin-D medication. After the patient's discharge the general practitioner was sent a questionnaire. The results show that general practitioners agree to nursing home physicians' investigating vitamin-D deficiencies and to nursing home physicians' initiating vitamin-D medication in case of a deficiency. The general practitioners themselves do not often investigate vitamin-D deficiency.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology
D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents; D014807:Vitamin D