Pages tagged with "Hospital"

155 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Medicaid hospital costs: 7 of the top 10 are associated with low Vitamin D
• COVID death rate in hospital halved if take any amount of vitamin D for any length of time – meta-analysis
• 4 fewer days in hospital after hip or knee replacement if good level of vitamin D
• Low Vitamin D associated 1.8X increased risk of COVID-19 death in hospital – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D treats Gestational Diabetes, decreases hospitalization and newborn complications – meta-analysis
• 2.7 fewer days in hospital after surgery if had taken Omega-3 (19 RCT) – meta-analysis
• Omega-3 reduced time in hospital and atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery – meta-analysis
• Bronchiolitis hospital stay cut by 2 days with 200,000 IU vitamin D – if deficient – RCT
• 5,000 IU of Vitamin D daily resulted in far fewer hospitalizations - RCT
• 100% not need COVID hospitalization with fluvoxamine plus one other drug – Thailand RCT
• Burns - will 200,000 IU of vitamin D decrease hospital stay - RCT 2021
• COVID in hospital stopped by Vitamin D Receptor activators (curcumin, quercetin) – RCT
• COVID hospital deaths reduced 2X by 8 days of UVB – pilot RCT
• COVID in hospital fought by Vitamin D (25,000 IU daily for 4 days, then 25K weekly) - RCT
• Loading dose of Vitamin D for patients hospitalized with COVID (140,000 IU) – RCT completed 2021
• 21 fewer days in hospital with ARDS (COVID) if 10,000 IU of Vitamin D daily after enter hospital – RCT April, 2022
• Nutritional supplementation during COVID hospitalization helped - RCT
• Fewer days in hospital if 300,000 IU of vitamin D before brain surgery - RCT
• 18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT
• 500,000 IU of vitamin D cut in half the hospital days following a lung failure – RCT 2015
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia treated by vitamin D if person was deficient – RCT
• Urinary sepsis – a single Vitamin D injection reduced hospital days by 40 percent – RCT
• Some COVID hospitalizations are due to poor Vitamin D genes (Binding Protein in this commentary)
• Medicine started moving from prevention to treatment in 1979
• Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: 4 more days in hospital if low Vitamin D
• Merck’s antiviral – FDA OKed Dec 2021, sold pills worth 5 billion dollars, found to not reduce hospitalization
• How might hospitals be incentivised to have healthier patients
• 300 US hospitals are expected to close in 3 years - the replacement hospital will often be 40 miles away
• The 6 percent of infants hospitalized for ARI are 2.2 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient
• Acute Respiratory Infections in children admitted to the hospital were 2X worse if low Vitamin D
• Some hospitals record which supplements are taken, but rarely dosage, frequency, or form
• Hospitals use both UVC and HEPA filters to reduce viral infections (can use at home as well)
• People entering hospital with pneumonia with low Vitamin D were 3.5 X more likely to die in 3 months - Nov 2025
• Very Low Birth Weight Preemies are in hospital 9 days longer if Vitamin D was delayed
• Hospitalized with burns - 28% more likely to die if low vitamin D
• Hospital costs for an extreme preemie adds 58,000 dollars to the cost of full term birth
• Hospitalized cats 8X more likely to die if low vitamin D (Vit. D helps humans too)
• Cats 8.2X more likely to die in 30 days if low vitamin D when enter hospital
• Hospital ICU added high dose vitamin D - malpractice lawsuit costs dropped from 26 million dollars to ZERO
• 82% of Chinese hospital staff had less than 12 ng of Vitamin D (65% of patients)
• Children in hospital: those with COVID had lower Vitamin D, Iron, etc.
• Prescription drugs are the 3rd cause of all US deaths, 4th cause of deaths in hospital
• COVID infection (without hospitalization) – 1.7X more likely to die in 6 months if low Vitamin D
• Influenza vaccination (2022-2023) reduced hospitalizations by only 35%
• Hospital utilization Australia (NSW) 1415 Vaccinated, 0 unvaccinated
• COVID Vaccinated Children 1.25 X More Likely to Be Hospitalized for Respiratory Illness - CDC
• Hospital costs higher for those with low vitamin D (7,000 Germans in their 50's)
• High-dose Omega-3 fought COVID in 2 hospital trials (6x reduction in ICU, reduced time) – Masterjohn
• Hospital patients with Vitamin D Deficiency: estimates per 100 vary from 59 to 91 (Nepal)
• All children with Chronic Kidney Disease had low Vitamin D (Pakistan hospital)
• Hip fractures requiring hospitalization cut in half by Vitamin K1 (100 mcg per day)
• Vitamin D should reduce hospital-acquired infections – Grant
• More than 30,000 college student vaccinations to prevent one hospitalization
• Each use of Remdesivir generates thousands of dollars of bonuses to US hospitals
• Trivial difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated for cases, hospitalizations, and death
• 10,000 COVID infections: Hospitalization 2.4X more likely if low vitamin D
• Autumn Covid wave officially kicks off: Virus hospital admissions in England jump by half in a week
• CDC says 44 percent of people hospitalized with COVID had third dose or booster
• Hospital or ICU death about twice as likely if low vitamin D
• Chance of dying in hospital cut in half by just 10 ng higher level of Vitamin D
• Long-COVID: often had not been hospitalized
• Dengue virus: 3X increase in hospitalization and deaths in Vietnam
• COVID Ventilation 2X less likely if 200,000 IU of Vitamin D when enter hospital
• Poor genes (DBP, CYP24A1, CYP2R, etc.) restrict Vitamin D to cells, increasing COVID hospitalization
• Excess Magnesium is bad for health (COVID hospital days in this case)
• Hospital induced delirium 2X more likely if low vitamin D
• Delirium in Hospitalized Older Adults (does not mention low vitamin D relationship) NEJM
• Hospitalized children with COVID-19 and inflammation had lower vitamin D
• COVID Hospitalization vs age and variant
• 66 percent of COVID Omicron patients in Ontario hospitals are vaccinated
• California Hospitals: If staff tests positive for COVID but is asymptomatic, just keep working
• Low Vitamin D etc. more than 3 months after COVID hospitalization
• Large dose of calcifediol or vitamin D up to 15 days before COVID hospitalization reduced death rates (1.5X, 1.3X)
• Vitamin D given slowly in hospital did not fight COVID-19 much
• Italians entering hospital for breathing problems had low vitamin D (with and without COVID), Vitamin D should help
• Vitamin D was a top COVID-19 treatment at 4 hospital groups
• Russian Hospital observed 5X more likely to have severe COVID-19 if Vitamin D Deficient
• Clinical trials are proving that Vitamin D fights COVID-19 in hospitals
• Vitamin D has eliminated ICU COVID-19 in hospital in Dubai since June
• Out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 hospitalization at least 1500 dollars
• COVID-19 treatment outside of hospital – Vitamin D, zinc, etc.
• Higher vitamin D, less severe COVID and deaths in hospital (in Iran this time)
• Severe childhood COVID-19 associated with Vitamin D deficiency (hospital in Turkey)
• COVID-19 mortality for Blacks is 5X that for whites in 2 LA Hospitals
• Hospital has banned Dr. Holick due to testifying in cases of infants with broken bones- August, 2021
• Children's Cancer hospital now testing vitamin D frequently and supplementing weekly
• If low vitamin D, 2.5X more likely enter hospital with COVID-19 (UK, 10 months)
• Sleep Apnea patients are 5X more likely to have a COVID-19 infection requiring hospitalization
• COVID-19 death in hospital 5X more likely if low vs high vitamin D – preprint
• High PTH plus low Vitamin D is not good (5X more likely for COPD to need hospital)
• COVID-19 increased chance of death within 6 months by 1.6X, even if not hospitalized
• COVID-19 hospitalizations: 63% associated with diabetes, obesity, hypertension or heart failure
• COVID-19 mortality 2X higher if low Vitamin D (Mexican hospital, preprint)
• Belgian Hospital standard of care – test all orthopedic patients for low Vitamin D
• Low vitamin D associated with COVID-19 problems in NYC hospitals
• Children with low vitamin D far more likely to hospitalized with COVID-19
• 2.7 fewer COVID-19 hospital deaths in those having more than 30 ng of vitamin D – Mayo
• Hospital COVID-19 observation: 7X more likely to live if more than 20 ng of vitamin D
• 6 months after COVID-19 hospitalization 76 percent still had at least one symptom
• COVID-19 antibodies 2.6 X more likely if had symptoms and low vitamin D (UK hospital staff)
• After Heart Failure Blacks are 45 percent more likely to re-enter the hospital in a month
• 32X more likely to have severe-critical COVID-19 in Turkish hospital if Vitamin D deficient
• ICU was 2X less likely for COVID-19 hospitalization if Vitamin D more than 20 ng
• Vitamin D's potential to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections
• Pneumonia acquired in hospital – 3X more likely to die if low vitamin D
• Senior veterans with Heart Failure were 1.8X more likely to be hospitalized if low vitamin D
• Hospitalization consumes vitamin D in children
• Hospital Acquired Infection, Mortality, Critically Ill and Vitamin D - 2017
• Fewer Burn problems if adequate Vitamin D – Less ICU, Hospital, Sepsis (10X)
• Medical insurance does not compensate for job loss by older workers who are hospitalized
• 3 additional hospital days after emergency neurosurgery if low vitamin D
• Universal pregnancy vitamin D supplementation for a hospital in India – study stopped after 1 month
• Hospitalization costs reduced ~3,000 dollars when intravenous nutrition was augmented with Omega-3
• Bronchiolitis had 1.3 X longer hospitalization if low Vitamin D (1016 infants)
• Babies 3.6X more likely to go to hospital for asthma if asthmatic mother had low vitamin D while pregnant
• Majority of frail hospital patients had low vitamin D, which did not change with season – 2018
• 34 percent increase in hospital admissions for low vitamin D in a single year (UK)
• Australian dermatologists had lower vitamin D levels than elderly in hospitals – 2009
• Child died in hospital, death due to low vitamin D, mother is suing hospital
• Trauma with fracture – 2 weeks longer hospital stay if less than 10 ng vitamin D
• Cirrhosis in hospital 2.9 X less likely to get need ICU when supplemented with Vitamin K
• 91 percent of psychiatric hospital admissions had less than 20 ng of vitamin D
• Low vitamin D in 92 percent in Bahrain hospital
• Much higher hospital costs (ICU and pneumonia) if low vitamin D
• Cardiac Surgery and active vitamin D – quickly dropped by 29 percent, 6 more days in hospital if deficient
• Hospital length of stay for depressed patients – 29 days if SE facing room, 59 days if NW
• Hospital found that Vitamin D saves money by improving bone fracture healing
• 2X more likely to get hospital infection if low vitamin D (10 ng) when enter
• A US hospital director is now 30 X less likely to have medical training than 30 years ago
• Sepsis was present in 6 percent of US adult hospitalizations – JAMA
• Having less than 15 ng of vitamin D increased risk of hospitalization with infection by 2.8 times
• Increased Hospital, Sepsis deaths if low vitamin D
• More hospitals or more Vitamin D – your choice
• Infant hospitalized after Vitamin D overdose (8,000 X too much)
• How to reduce hospital infections with vitamin D
• Chance of dying within 1 month of entering hospital is 45 percent higher if low vitamin D
• Big increase in treatment for vitamin D deficiency in an Australian hospital
• Increasing number of people admitted to a hospital in India have very high vitamin D
• Vitamin D Pregnancy Protocol in a US hospital (40 ng)
• Increased chance of death if enter hospital with vitamin D greater than 60 ng (u-shaped)
• Cats with feline HIV and hospitalized cats have low levels of vitamin D
• Depression Hospitalization associated with low vitamin D
• COPD – almost all women in Bulgaria hospitalized with COPD had low vitamin D
• Hypothesis: A hospital diarrhea epidemic caused vitamin D deficiency
• 3X more kids were vitamin D deficient when entering UK hospitals than 4 years before
• Post-mortem analysis of children in London Hospital – only 1 child had adequate level of vitamin D
• More sepsis deaths in those entering hospital with low vitamin D
• Hospital-Acquired Infections 3X more likely after Gastric Bypass if less than 30 ng vitamin D
• Low Magnesium in 40 percent of critical care patients – increased hospital days and death
• Hospital stay 6 days longer for nursing home residents with low vitamin D
• Off topic - Report Finds Most Errors at Hospitals Go Unreported
• Off topic: 10X fewer autopsies in US hospitals in past 50 years
• Vitamin D deficiency was the best predictor of older patient death in hospital
• Patients low on vitamin D stay in hospital longer after thyroid removal
• Vitamin D Deficiency in a London hospital - 2010