Vitamin D deficiency has emerged as a significant public health problem throughout the world. Even in the Indian context,it has been reported to be present in majority of children in spite of wide availability of sunlight. Recent guidelines have defined vitamin D status as severe deficiency, defi...
childrenricketsvitamin D deficiencyBackground: Vitamin D deficiency in children is an important medical entity commonly diagnosed during early childhood. Prevalence and incidence of vitamin D deficiency in children is underestimated and can have far reaching consequences as per the latest evidence. ...
Objective: This study aimed to determine whether healthy children with fractures resulting from minor accidental trauma have a higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency than that of healthy children without fractures. Methods: This was a prospective case-control study of ambulatory children younger than...
Vitamin D deficiency is an unrecognized epidemic and a common health problem worldwide.This study was conducted in the pediatric clinic in Jeddah Clinic Hospital-Kandarah from April through December 2010 . 510 healthy children aged 4 to15 years old were enrolled. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-...
Here we determined if vitamin D deficiency is more common in children with chronic kidney disease compared to healthy children. In addition, we sought to identify disease-specific risk factors for this deficiency, as well as its metabolic consequences. We found that nearly half of 182 patients (...
Rickets LTCKarenS.Vogt PediatricEndocrinology,WRNMMCB March2013 PREP 2013 Content Specifications Understandthenecessityofadequate vitaminDintakeinchildrenand adolescents Understandthenecessityofcalcium andphosphorousintakeinchildrenand adolescents Knowthathypocalcemiawith hypophosphatemiasuggestsvitaminD deficiency PREP 2013...
Poor growth, irritability, and frequent respiratory tract infections in infants Deformed bones and slow growth in childrenHow is vitamin D deficiency diagnosed and treated?Blood tests will be done to measure the amount of vitamin D in your blood. Your healthcare provider may give you high doses...
Vitamin D deficiency is a global problem. The Scientific Research Report on Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2021) states that in 2016-2017, the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency among children and adolescents aged 6-17 years in China was 18.6 percent, and in 2015 deficiency among adul...
SYDNEY, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- In a world's first study, Australian researchers have found that children with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to develop asthma and other allergies later on in life. Researchers from Western Australia's Telethon Kids Institute tracked vitamin D levels from bir...
The concern about the assessment of vitamin D status is growing. Numerous publications warn about the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, as well as the potential role of vitamin D in non-bone health outcomes. The status of vitamin D is usually assessed by measuring serum total 25-hydroxy...