Vitamin D deficiency in pneumonia patients associated with increased mortality

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

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