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Endocrine Regulations Vol.48, No.2, p.69-76, 2014 |
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Title: The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its relationship with disease severity in an urban pediatric critical care unit | ||
Author: M. Ayulo Jr., Ch. Katyal, Ch. Agarwal, T. Sweberg, D. Rastogi, M. Markowitz, H. M. Ushay | ||
Abstract: Objective. To evaluate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients admitted to a Pediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) in an urban children’s hospital, and to assess if there is a correlation between vitamin D level and disease severity. No significant correlation was found between vitamin D level and PELOD score (p=0.09). There were six deaths (3%), 5 (83%) of which occurred in patients with low vitamin D levels. Total serum calcium levels correlated with vitamin D (p=0.005) and PELOD score (p=0.001). However, ionized calcium levels did not significantly correlate with vitamin D (p=0.62) or PELOD score (p=0.26).
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Keywords: vitamin D, children, pediatrics, critically ill, PELOD, prevalence, disease severity, hypocalcemia, ICU; mortality | ||
Year: 2014, Volume: 48, Issue: 2 | Page From: 69, Page To: 76 | |
doi:10.4149/endo_2014_02_69 |
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