Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Open Access

Vitamin D status in children with asthma

World Summit on COPD
March 07, 2022 | Webinar

Paraschiva Chereches-Panta

University of Medicine and Pharmacy â�?�?Iuliu Hatieganuâ�?, Romania

ScientificTracks Abstracts: Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis

Abstract

Vitamin D plays an important role in general health, and has characteristics of an hormone. Recent studies proved its immunomodulatory effect in patients with asthma.The authors analized the relationship between low serum concentration of 25-hydroxi-vitamin D (25-OH-VitD) and the incidence of exacerbations in children with asthma.We included in th study 131 children with asthma admitted in The IIIrd Pediatric Clinic, Clincal Emergency Hospital for Children, Cluj-Napoca, in which we noted the prophylaxis with vitamin D that the patients received, serum concentration of 25-OH-VitD and other factors that correlates with asthma exacerbation. The prevalence of vitamin D deficit was of 58.8% in our sudy group. We noticed a statistical signifficant corellation between vitamin D deficency and the asthma exacerbation during the previous 4 weeks (p=0.02).In conclusion, the assesment of 25-OH-VitD status may be a usefull parameter for monitoring children with asthma, mainly in those patients with frequent symptoms.

Biography

Senior Physician in Pediatrics (2000), Doctoral Degree in Medicine (2001): “Monitoring of treatment with theophylline administered in children with asthma and in prematures with idiopathic apnea by measuring salivary level of the drug”. Lecturer in Pediatrics (2002) at The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Ha�?�?ieganu”, Dpt. 9, Disc. Pediatric III, Cluj Napoca, Overspecialisation in Paediatric Pneumology, Competence in"Special Pulmonary Function Tests", Competence in Pediatric Allergology and Immunology, Member of The Pediatric Pneumology Committee of the Ministry of Health (since 2019)