%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 Background: 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 mortality. Effective management of pneumonia in children under 3-year-old-age is still challenging due to various causes. Some authors believed in non-calcemic role of vitamin D as a potential factor in the pathogenesis, prevention, or therapy of pneumonia in this specific age. Purpose: Investigate the Vitamin D status in pneumonia among children between 6 months to 3 years of age. Subjects and Methods: This study was conducted in a Pediatric point of care at Al-Zahraa University Hospital on 90 children aged 6 months to 3 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. Results: The vitamin D level showed no significant difference between the two groups of the study. Conclusion: Possible role of vitamin D in disease process of pneumonia in children between 6 months to 3 years could not be assured. %K Pediatrics %K LRTIs %K 1 %K 25(OH)2 D %K Respiratory %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=109728