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How do you approach Vitamin D testing and supplementation in older adults following a fragility fracture?

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Geriatric Medicine · Stanford

Current evidence does not consistently support the use of vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls or fractures among community-dwelling older adults (1–3). However, several studies have reported that individuals who experience osteoporotic or fragility fractures are frequently found to be vitamin...

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