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Cholecalciferol Injections Are Effective in Hypovitaminosis D After Duodenal Switch: a Randomized Controlled Study.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:By treating obesity, one of the major epidemics of this past century, through bariatric surgery, we may cause complications due to malnourishment in a growing population. At present, vitamin D deficiency is of interest, especially in patients with inferior absorption of fat-soluble nutrients after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS). METHODS:Twenty BPD/DS patients, approximately 4 years postoperatively, were randomized to either intramuscular supplementation of vitamin D with a single dose of 600,000 IU cholecalciferol, or a control group. Patients were instructed to limit their supplementation to 1400 IU of vitamin D and to avoid the influence of UV-B radiation; the study was conducted when sunlight is limited (December to May). RESULTS:Despite oral supplementation, a pronounced deficiency in vitamin D was seen (injection 19.3; control 23.2 nmol/l) in both groups. The cholecalciferol injection resulted in elevated 25[OH]D levels at 1 month (65.4 nmol/l), which was maintained at 6 months (67.4 nmol/l). This resulted in normalization of intact parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels. No changes in vitamin D or PTH occurred in the control group. CONCLUSIONS:In BPD/DS patients, having hypovitaminosis D despite full oral supplementation, a single injection of 600,000 IU of cholecalciferol was effective in elevating vitamin D levels and normalizing levels of intact PTH. The treatment is simple and highly effective and thus recommended, especially in cases of reduced UV-B radiation.

SUBMITTER: Hultin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153578 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cholecalciferol Injections Are Effective in Hypovitaminosis D After Duodenal Switch: a Randomized Controlled Study.

Hultin Hella H   Stevens Katharina K   Sundbom Magnus M  

Obesity surgery 20181001 10


<h4>Background</h4>By treating obesity, one of the major epidemics of this past century, through bariatric surgery, we may cause complications due to malnourishment in a growing population. At present, vitamin D deficiency is of interest, especially in patients with inferior absorption of fat-soluble nutrients after biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS).<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty BPD/DS patients, approximately 4 years postoperatively, were randomized to either intramuscular supplem  ...[more]

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