VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN PNEUMONIA CHILDREN FROM 2 MONTHS TO 5 YEARS OLD AT CAN THO CHILDREN HOSPITAL IN 2019-2020
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Background: Severe deficiency of vitamin D causes rickets and hypocalcemia in infants, children, and osteoporosis in adults and adolescents. Objectives: 1) determine vitamin D deficiency and its related factors; 2) identify clinical, subclinical characteristics; and 3) evaluate the treatment outcomes in children with pneumonia from 2 months to 5 years old at Can Tho City Pediatric Hospital, in 2019-2020. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 188 childrens from 2 months to 5 years old with pneumonia being treatment at Can Tho Children Hospital, in 2019-2020. Results: The proportion of children with reduced vitamin D, and vitamin D deficiency accounted for 22.3%, 11.7%, respectively. Factors including: exclusively breastfed and exposed to the sun every day showed statistically association with Vitamin D deficiency in children. Subclinical and clinical symptoms: Anemia, wheezing, receding chest, long days of illness, history of pneumonia appear with high frequency in children with reduced vitamin D. Children with reduced vitamin D need more respiratory support, there was significantly more treatment failure in children with very severe pneumonia who had vitamin D deficiency as compared to children without vitamin D deficiency. Conclusions: Vitamin D supplementation for mothers during pregnancy, for infants in the first 6 months, daily sun exposure help reduce the risk of vitamin D deficiency in children, contributing to reducing clinical and subclinical symptoms when pneumonia disease.
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Vitamin D, pneumonia in children
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