Questioning the adequacy of standardized vitamin D supplementation protocol in very low birth weight infants: a prospective cohort study.

Hatice Sarıdemir Özge Sürmeli Onay Ozge Aydemir Ayse Neslihan Tekin

Published in: Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM (2021)

The results clearly show that by utilizing the current supplementation protocol, the majority of VLBW infants with deficient/insufficient serum 25OHD levels reached sufficient levels on the 30th DOL. Furthermore, vitamin D levels in mother/infant couples were found to be highly correlated.

Keyphrases

low birth weight
preterm infants
randomized controlled trial
preterm birth
human milk