Vitamin D supplementation can prevent and cure nutritional rickets in infants and children.
Preclinical and observational data suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system has a wide …

Over 2 years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has claimed
millions of lives. Unlike the early days of the pandemic, when management decisions were …

The world is currently in the grips of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused
by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has mutated to allow human-to-human spread. Infection …

Vitamin D testing and the use of vitamin D supplements have increased substantially in
recent years. Currently, the role of vitamin D supplementation, and the optimal vitamin D …

Abstract The Japanese Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic
Shock 2020 (J-SSCG 2020), a Japanese-specific set of clinical practice guidelines for sepsis …

The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic has generated an explosion
of interest both in the mechanisms of infection leading to dissemination and expression of …

Vitamin D is responsible for regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism and
maintaining a healthy mineralized skeleton. It is also known as an immunomodulatory …

Background: Low vitamin D status is associated with increased mortality, but randomized
trials on severely deficient participants are lacking. Objective: To assess genetic evidence …

Following the new ESPEN Standard Operating Procedures, the previous guidelines to
provide best medical nutritional therapy to critically ill patients have been updated. These …

Ever since its discovery by Windhaus, the importance of the active metabolite of vitamin D (1,
25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3; 1, 25-(OH) 2D 3) has been ever expanding. In this review, the …