Vitamine D en longontsteking*
Uit een kleine studie uit Nieuw Zeeland blijkt dat goede bloedwaarden vitamine D belangrijk zijn ook als men een
longontsteking krijgt. Van 112 mensen die opgenomen werden in het ziekenhuis met een longontsteking bleken zij met de laagste bloedwaarden vitamine D duidelijk de
hoogste kans te hebben om dood te gaan aan die longontsteking.
Vitamin D Deficiency in Pneumonia Patients Associated With Increased Mortality
A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that adult patients admitted to the hospital with pneumonia are more likely to die if they have vitamin D deficiency.
Vitamin D is known to be involved in the innate immune response to infection.
The team of researchers at Waikato Hospital and the Universities of Waikato and Otago, measured vitamin D in the blood samples of 112 adult patients admitted with community acquired pneumonia during the winter at the only acute-care hospital in Hamilton, New Zealand.
The researchers found that vitamin D deficiency was associated with higher mortality within the first 30 days after hospital admission for pneumonia. The association between vitamin D deficiency was not explained by patient age, sex, comorbidities, the severity of the systemic inflammatory response, or other known prognostic factors.
The authors conclude that "improved understanding of Vitamin D and its role in immunity may lead to better ways to prevent and/or treat pneumonia. We now need to investigate whether Vitamin D supplements could be a useful addition to pneumonia treatment and whether using supplements could help to prevent or reduce the severity of pneumonia among high-risk
populations." (September 2011)
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