Correlation Between Serum Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Severity of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients Assessed by Pneumonia Severity Index: An Observational Descriptive Study
| Autor: | Vasiliki E Georgakopoulou, Georgios Petsinis, Nikolaos Trakas, Evgenia Karakou, Konstantinos Mantzouranis, Despoina Melemeni, Dimitrios Mermigkis, Pagona Sklapani, Christos Damaskos, Xanthi Tsiafaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Vitamin
medicine.medical_specialty community-acquired pneumonia Pulmonology Pneumonia severity index Infectious Disease pneumonia severity index 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology elderly 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Community-acquired pneumonia Internal medicine Vitamin D and neurology Medicine Respiratory system business.industry General Engineering vitamin d medicine.disease Antimicrobial Pneumonia nutrition chemistry Epidemiology/Public Health Observational study business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.8947 |
| Popis: | Introduction Pneumonia severity index (PSI) is a prognostic index used for estimating the possibility of death due to community-acquired pneumonia. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, essential for calcium and phosphate homeostasis. Vitamin D also has antimicrobial properties and according to recent studies, its deficiency may be correlated to an increased frequency of respiratory infections. The serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) is the best vitamin D status index reflecting vitamin D produced in the skin and offered from food and dietary supplements. Methods The study involved patients, who fulfilled the criteria of community-acquired pneumonia. The exclusion criteria were: patients 60 years old, may prevent severe community-acquired pneumonia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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