Open AccessThe Use of Vitamin D in The Infectious Process in The Hospital Period in Childhood Effective?
Author(s) -
Eliza Miranda Ramos,
Matheus Dullius de Lima,
Jéssica Eloy Cunha Gonzalez,
Gilberto Gonçalves Facco,
Elaine Silva de Pádua Melo,
Hugo Vieira Ramos,
Francisco José Mendes dos Reis,
Igor Domingos de Souza,
Valter Aragão do Nascimento
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss5.2351
Subject(s) - cochrane library , medicine , scopus , randomized controlled trial , medline , meta analysis , pediatrics , national library , family medicine , library science , political science , computer science , law
Goals: To verify whether the use of Vitamin D as parallel therapy to hospital and drug treatment can be effective in the process of infectious reduction in hospitalized children. Data source: This study is a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, published between 2011 and the first quarter of 2019, in the Cochrane Library, Medline, US National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health (PubMed), Literature databases. Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (Lilacs), Scopus and Web of Science. The studies were scored by the Down and Black scale associated with the quality assessment method according to the Cochrane criteria (RCT). Summary of the data: Of the 1475 studies, 09 were included. There is a direct relationship between Vitamin D level and mortality rate in hospitalized children with infections. Conclusion: This study highlighted that the vitamin D deficiency in children under serum analysis during hospitalization triggers severe immunological changes.