THE RELATION BETWEEN SEVERITY OF COVID-19 DISEASE AND VITAMIN D LEVEL IN CHILDREN

Authors : Tahir DALKIRAN, Sevcan İPEK

Pages : 122-127

Doi:10.24938/kutfd.1261074

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Publication Date : 2023-04-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: It is suggested that vitamin D regulates the immune response in infectious and autoimmune diseases. In our study, we aimed to compare vitamin D levels in pediatric patients with severity of COVID-19 disease and a healthy control group. Material and Methods: Retrospectively, we compared the serum vitamin D levels in patients between 1 month and 18 years of age who were followed up with the diagnosis of COVID-19 in the pediatric intensive care unit insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PICU); and pediatric ward of Necip Fazıl City Hospital with as a control group healthy children who outpatient between March 2020 and November 2020. Results: Fifteen pediatric patients hospitalized in the COVID PICU and 25 pediatric patients hospitalized in the COVID pediatric service and 40 children in the healthy control group were included. Vitamin D level in PICU was found to be lower than inward median insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(min-max); was 11.69 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3-27); ng/mL vs 20.8 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6.3-36.8); ng/mL insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.005);. Conclusion: In our study, we showed that vitamin D deficiency may be a risk factor for having severe COVID-19 disease. Vitamin D supplementation can help the treatment of severe clinical disease COVID-19 by balancing the immune system and response to infection.
Keywords : Çocuk, COVİD 19, pandemi, vitamin D