Serum Vitamin D Levels in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients Living in the Northwestern United States

Abstract

Prognostic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in orthopaedic patients – A single centre study

“…9 These results are consistent with those of similar studies investigating the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in orthopaedic surgery patients in USA, Germany and Australia. [10][11][12][13] Plotnikoff et al found that 93% patients had vitamin D deficiency in a study group of 150 outpatients with persistent, nonspecific, musculoskeletal pain syndromes refractory to standard therapy in Minneapolis. 14 A similar study conducted by Simonelli et al among a population of 82 adult patients with minimal trauma fractures found that 97.4% patients had vitamin D level <30 ng/dl and majority (81%) of patients had 25(OH)D <20 ng/ml.…”

What Is the Role of Vitamin D Supplementation in Acute Fracture Patients? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Prevalence of Hypovitaminosis D and Supplementation Efficacy

“…15 Despite the importance of vitamin D in fracture healing, multiple studies have reported that 25-hydroxy-vitamin D ((OH)D) levels are low in both elderly and nonelderly fracture patients. [16][17][18] Because of these findings, the orthopaedic surgical community has become interested in the potential benefits of vitamin D supplementation in fracture patients. Several studies have investigated the effect of vitamin D supplementation in elderly patients with fragility fractures, and more recently, in younger (nonfragility) fracture patients.…”

Incidence of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Coastal South-Eastern US Patient Population With Cardiovascular Disease

“…Vitamin D studies have been undertaken in the field of rheumatology [6-8], nephrology [9-11], orthopedics [12-14], and endocrinology [15-17] among others. While there are studies addressing vitamin D deficiency in cardiology [18-22], relatively few of them have been undertaken in a cardiovascular setting within a university medical center specifically addressing costal populations in a hot, sunny, and high UV index environment.…”