Serum vitamin D deficiency in subjects with severe acquired brain injury and relationship with functional severity.
Brain Inj. 2018 Oct 19:1-7. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2018.1537512. [Epub ahead of print]
Intiso D1, Fontana A2, Copetti M2, Di Rienzo F1.
1 Unit of Neuro-rehabilitation, and Rehabilitation Medicine , IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" , San Giovanni Rotondo , Foggia , Italy.
2 Unit of Biostatistics , IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza" , San Giovanni Rotondo , Foggia , Italy.
Trauma and surgery category starts with the following
Trauma and Surgery category hasLarge dose Vitamin D before surgery was found to help by 35 studies
Vitamin D is needed before most surgeries – many studies and RCTs
4.8 X more likely to die within 28 days of ICU if low Vitamin D - Jan 2024
Sepsis is both prevented and treated by Vitamin D - many studies
Thyroidectomy and Vitamin D - many studies
Orthopaedic surgeries need Vitamin D – many studies
Cancer - After diagnosis chemotherapy
TBI OR "Traumatic Brain Injury - 21 in title as of Sept 2022
Superbug (Clostridium difficile) Infections strongly associated with low vitamin D - many studies
Glutamine and Omega-3 have also been proven to help several traumas/surgeries
Note: Vitamin D also prevents the need for various surgeries and Omega-3 prevents many concussions/TBI
Trauma and Surgery is associated with 22 other VitaminDWiki categories
Such as loading dose 33, Mortality 23, Infant-Child 21 Intervention 19 Cardiovascular 13, Injection 13 in Sept 2022
Omega-3 and Magnesium aslo help
- Cognitive decline after traumatic brain injury reduced by Omega-3 (mice) – Nov 2016
- Football Brain injuries prevented by Omega-3 – RCT Jan 2016
- Magnesium may be an important way to treat brain trauma
BACKGROUND:
Vitamin D may be important for the development and function of the nervous system. Low serum vitamin D levels have been detected in several neurological diseases.
OBJECTIVE:
To ascertain the relationship between 25(OH)D serum level and disability in subjects with severe acquired brain injury (sABI).
DESIGN:
Prospective cross-sectional study Methods: Consecutive subjects with sABI admitted to neuro-rehabilitation were enrolled. A sample of subjects from the neurological ward was considered the control group. Vitamin D serum levels and blood parameters were measured at admission. Disability Rating Scale (DRS), Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS), and Level of Cognitive Functioning (LCF) were used in assessing disability.
RESULTS:
A total of 104 subjects (34 F, 70 M; mean age 53.9 ± 15.2 years) were enrolled: 54 (19 F, 35 M) with sABI and 50 (15 F, 35 M) subjects as control group. Deficient mean serum levels of vitamin D (19.2 ± 9.4 ng/mL) were detected in the subjects with sABI and a significant inverse correlation between vitamin D serum levels and DRS score was detected (p = 0.04).
CONCLUSION:
Subjects with sABI showed vitamin D deficiency that might correlate to disability severity. The reason is unclear and might represent a secondary phenomenon resulting from the inflammatory process.
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