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ArticleClinical case reports2025

Vitamin D: Harmless Nutritional Supplement or Serious Medication?

Robert Westhofen, Gerhard Weidinger, Peter Hoffmann, Alexander Daxecker, Lukas Antonitsch

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Robert WesthofenDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Danube Private University Krems Austria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2596-0839
Gerhard WeidingerDepartment for Gastroenterology and Hepatology University Hospital Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Austria.
Peter HoffmannDepartment for Gastroenterology and Hepatology University Hospital Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Austria.
Alexander DaxeckerDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Danube Private University Krems Austria.
Lukas AntonitschDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Danube Private University Krems Austria.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Excessive vitamin D supplementation may result in significant clinical complications. This case of a 77-year-old male demonstrates how unsupervised high doses led to severe hypercalcemia, acute kidney injury, and gastrointestinal bleeding. It underscores the importance of precise dosing, regular monitoring, and medical supervision of vitamin D supplementation.

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acute kidney injurychronic kidney diseasegastrointestinal bleedinghypercalcemiavitamin D supplementation

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PMID40134958
PMCPMC11932956

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