Vitamin D25-OH concentration in outpatient and hospitalized geriatric patients – retrospective study

Abstract

A majority of the Polish population was found to have vitamin D deficiency. The problem was expected to grow in the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic related lock down. The aim of the study was to compare concentrations of vitamin D in the blood sera of geriatric patients treated in outpatient clinics or hospitalized – and in the methods of treatment used. A retrospective study of the records of patients of the Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic and the Geriatrics Ward in Lublin was conducted.

Keywords

• treatment
• vitamin d
• supplementation
• geriatric patients