Pages tagged with "Pneumonia"

• Severe Pneumonia (CAP) results in death 2 times more often if very low vitamin D
• Animal study: vitamin D as an adjunct therapy for the treatment of Pneumocystis pneumonia
• Much higher hospital costs (ICU and pneumonia) if low vitamin D
• RSV (bronchitis and viral pneumonia) in infants associated with low vitamin D and antibiotics
• Pneumonia acquired in hospital – 3X more likely to die if low vitamin D
• Pneumonia in seniors was 2.5X more likely if low vitamin D
• 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
• Any supplementation with vitamin D reduced chance of pneumonia by 50 percent
• A little extra vitamin D did not reduce chance of pneumonia
• Children with pneumonia in Ethiopia were 22X more likely to have rickets – 1997
• Rickets in 80 percent of infants with severe pneumonia
• Season of birth associated with Pneumonia (10 %) and Multiple Sclerosis (30 %)
• Pneumonia 2.6X more likely if low vitamin D
• 2000 IU of vitamin D for just 5 days did not treat severe pneumonia – RCT
• Quarterly vitamin D3 is too infrequent – it increases the occurrence of pneumonia
• Recurrence of child pneumonia delayed by 100000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
• ICU patients with pneumonia stay 7 days longer if low vitamin D
• Pneumonia and low vitamin D - many studies
• Pseudomonas pneumonia