title: [Severe life-threatening in an infant due to deficiency rickets].
abstract: The authors report on a case of cardiocirculatory arrest in a 4-month old infant, related to severe vitamin D deficiency rickets with hypocalcemia. Despite medical follow-up, this infant, who was breast-fed during the first 3 weeks of life, did not receive any vitamin D prophylaxis. This observation shows the potential severity of vitamin D deficiency rickets. Thus, systematic prophylaxis should be applied as soon as the infant is born, even in breast-fed children.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation et néonatalogie, hôpital Lenval pour enfants, Nice, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Velin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barbot
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dupont
mesh_terms: D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D012279:Rickets / Q000209:etiology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Malaise grave du nourrisson dû à un rachitisme carentiel.