title: The vitamin D grey areas in pediatric primary care. Very low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in asymptomatic children living in northeastern Italy.
abstract: The principal questions about the vitamin D topic are far to be resolved: in which children 25-hydroxyvitamin D blood testing is appropriate and how much cholecalciferol should be given in the absence of the test? Analyzing vitamin D status in a group of children cared by a "family pediatrician" in northeastern Italy we noted a high incidence of deficiency in asymptomatic preschool children without risk factors. As routine vitamin D testing is not recommended in the average risk population the supplementation with cholecalciferol represents a "grey area" mostly in pediatric primary care.
authors.affiliation: MD, Pediatra di Libera Scelta, ULSS 16 Regione Veneto, Padova, Italy. stefano.mazzoleni@sanita.padova.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mazzoleni
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Toderini
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boscardin