Pages tagged with "Pneumonia"

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

• Pneumonia and low vitamin D - many studies
• Pneumonia 6X more likely if very low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Pneumonia patients 3 X more likely to die if low vitamin D – meta-analysis
• Fewer children died of pneumonia after 100,000 IU Vitamin D injection – RCT
• Recurrence of child pneumonia delayed by 100000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• Ventilator-associated pneumonia death rate cut in half by Vitamin D injection (300,000 IU) – RCT
• Hospital-acquired pneumonia treated by vitamin D if person was deficient – RCT
• Pneumonia in children not stopped for 6 months by single dose of vitamin D (3 months max) – RCT
• 2000 IU of vitamin D for just 5 days did not treat severe pneumonia – RCT
• 9 bacteria fought by vaccines, 5 might be fought by Vitamin D
• People entering hospital with pneumonia with low Vitamin D were 3.5 X more likely to die in 3 months - Nov 2025
• Risk of childhood pneumonia reduced 30% by high Vitamin D
• Season of birth associated with Pneumonia (10 %) and Multiple Sclerosis (30 %)
• COVID senior pneumonia deaths: 50% if low Vitamin D and unvaccinated vs 16% if Vitamin D or vaccinated
• Preemies with pneumonia infection have especially low vitamin D levels (12 ng)
• Influenza, pneumonia, or ear infections almost 2X more likely if low vitamin D
• Vitamin D supplementation could prevent and treat influenza, CORONAVIRUS, and pneumonia infections
• Any supplementation with vitamin D reduced chance of pneumonia by 50 percent
• Pneumonia in Egyptian Children 3.6 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor
• Acute pneumonia in children 3X less likely if greater than 30 ng of vitamin D
• COVID-19 plus pneumonia in ICU with low vitamin D equaled Death
• Pneumonia acquired in hospital – 3X more likely to die if low vitamin D
• Spinal Cord Injured persons were 7.6 X more likely to get pneumonia if low vitamin D
• Severe Pneumonia (CAP) results in death 2 times more often if very low vitamin D
• Pneumonia is increasing (now 1 in 6 child deaths), more vitamin D studies needed
• Childhood pneumonia not treated by 100,000 IU of vitamin D – Cochrane (need more, inhaled)
• RSV (bronchitis and viral pneumonia) in infants associated with low vitamin D and antibiotics
• Much higher hospital costs (ICU and pneumonia) if low vitamin D
• Pneumonia in seniors was 2.5X more likely if low vitamin D
• ICU patients with pneumonia stay 7 days longer if low vitamin D
• Children with pneumonia in Ethiopia were 22X more likely to have rickets – 1997
• Viral Pneumonia in children 52 X more-likely if very low vitamin D (trend)
• Less Pneumonia in those having more activated vitamin D (kidneys working)
• Pneumonia is less frequent in people with more than 35 ng of vitamin D
• Animal study: vitamin D as an adjunct therapy for the treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia
• Quarterly vitamin D3 is too infrequent – it increases the occurrence of pneumonia
• Pneumonia 2.6X more likely if low vitamin D
• A little extra vitamin D did not reduce chance of pneumonia
• Rickets in 80 percent of infants with severe pneumonia
• Pseudomonas pneumonia