Vitamin D Dosing: Basic Principles and a Brief Algorithm (2021 Update).
Nutrients
; 13(12)2021 Dec 10.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1572578
ABSTRACT
Nowadays, in modern societies, many people can be at high risk to have low vitamin D levels. Therefore, testing of serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OH-D) levels should be performed before prescribing them vitamin D supplementation. However, in some cases the 25OH-D level assessment is not available at the right moment, e.g., due to mandatory quarantine of COVID-19 outpatients. Therefore, such patients could be advised to start taking moderate vitamin D doses (e.g., 4000 IU/day for adults), and their 25-OH-D levels could be checked later. The proposed algorithm also comprises vitamin D dosing principles when baseline 25OH-D levels are known.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vitamin D
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Algorithms
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nu13124415
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