Abnormal laboratory results: Measuring vitamin D

Autor:	Paul Glendenning
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Treatment targets Repeat testing business.industry medicine Vitamin D and neurology Pharmacology (medical) Total body medicine.disease business vitamin D deficiency Surgery
Zdroj:	Australian Prescriber. 38:12-15
ISSN:	1839-3942 0312-8008
DOI:	10.18773/austprescr.2015.004
Popis:	When assessing vitamin D status, measure serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration as this reflects total body vitamin D reserves. Recent Australasian guidelines outline who should be tested for vitamin D deficiency, who should be treated and when repeat testing should be performed. A 25-hydroxyvitamin D threshold of at least 50 nanomol/L at the end of winter is a suitable treatment target. Measurement can be repeated after three months of repletion, and thereafter less frequently unless new risk factors for vitamin D deficiency arise. When interpreting vitamin D pathology reports, practitioners should be aware that some laboratories quote reference limits which are based on overseas rather than Australian guidelines.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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