%0 Journal Article
%T Study of Vitamin D Status in Pneumonia among Children between 6 Months to 3 Years of Age
%A Heba A. Ismail
%A Esaad M. Menazie
%A Shimaa M. K. Ibrahim
%A Nashwa M. Abd Elbaky
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 254-267
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2021.112025
%X <strong>Background:</strong><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">In the developing world,
pneumonia is not only more common than it is in Europe or North America; it is
also more severe and considered the leading cause of under-five</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">mortality. Effective
management of pneumonia in children under 3-year-old-age is still challenging
due to various causes. Some authors believed in</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">non-calcemic role of vitamin D as a potential factor
in the pathogenesis, prevention, or therapy of pneumonia in this specific age.</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pu</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">rpose:</span></span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Investigate
the Vitamin D status in pneumonia among ch</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ildren
between 6 months to 3 years of age.</span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Subjects and Methods:</span></b></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">This study was conducted in </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">a </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Pediatric point of care at
Al-Zahraa University Hospital on 90 children aged 6 months to 3</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">years old; divided into two
groups: group I (study group) including 47 patients presented with pneumonia
and group II (control group) including 43 apparently healthy children of
matched age and sex with no evidence of pneumonia. Serum vitamin D was
estimated with specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The vitamin D level showed
no significant difference between the two groups of the study.</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Conclusion:</span></b><b><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Possible role of vitamin D in disease process of pneumonia in children
between 6 months to 3 years could not be assured.</span>
%K Pediatrics
%K LRTIs
%K 1
%K 25(OH)2 D
%K Respiratory
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=109728