Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Recent studies demonstrated clinical benefits of cholecalciferol supplementation among COVID-19 hospitalized patients. However, features of vitamin D metabolism in the acute phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection remain unclear.Aim: to estimate the level of 25(OH)D and 1,25(OH)2D as well as oral bolus cholecalciferol supplementation effect on the dynamic of vitamin D metabolites in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.Materials and Me...

Recently, vitamin D deficiency has been considered as a risk factor for the morbidity and the severity of acute respiratory infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate the interlinks between serum 25(OH)D level and severity of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in hospitalized patients.MethodsWe included 131 patients aged 21 to 93 y.o. (mean age 51.7 ± 13.8 years), 76 (57.1%) men, hospitalized following COVID-19 infect...