Vitamin D status after a high dose of cholecalciferol in healthy and burn subjects. Issue 5 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rousseau, Anne-Françoise; Damas, Pierre; Ledoux, Didier; Lukas, Pierre; Carlisi, Agnès; Le Goff, Caroline; Gadisseur, Romy; Cavalier, Etienne
• Is Part Of: Burns. Volume 41:Issue 5(2015)
• Page Start: 1028
• Page End: 1034
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Burns and scalds -- Periodicals; 617.11
• DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.11.011
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0305-4179

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0055"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Levels of 25OH-D at hospital admission following burn were straightaway lower than our healthy subjects.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Efficacy of 100, 000 IU cholecalciferol to raise 25OH-D levels (and free 25OH-D levels) was quite uncertain, lower or even zero, in burn patients when compared to healthy subjects.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Higher cholecalciferol doses than general recommendations should probably be considered during acute burn care.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Interest of free 25OH-D is still questionable.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>