title: [Ineffectiveness of vitamin 25(OH)D3 in the prevention of hypocalcemia induced by phototherapy].
abstract: Phototherapy causes a higher incidence of hypocalcemia in preterm infants by still unknown pathogenetic mechanism. The authors studied 100 preterm newborns in order to verify whether Calcifediolo (25-OH-D3) could be useful to prevent the phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia. Results obtained show that Calcifediolo is not able, anyway, to lower the increase of the phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia in preterm infants. Vit D is therefore unlikely to play any important role in the patogenesis of phototherapy-induced hypocalcemia.
mesh_terms: D002112:Calcifediol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D002112:Calcifediol
vernacular_title: Inefficacia della vitamina 25(OH)D3 nella prevenzione dell'ipocalcemia indotta dalla fototerapia.