Intensivists at CHEO study the role of vitamin D in children who are hospitalized and severely ill. Their research has recently demonstrated that lower levels of vitamin D worsen illness severity and prolong the length of stay in the Intensive Care Unit. Current and future research will focus on how to best optimize the vitamin D status of children admitted to the intensive care unit through pre-illness supplementation and post-illness rapid restoration strategies.
Research Projects
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Impact of a Prenatal Vitamin D Supplementation Program on Vitamin D Deficiency, Rickets and Early Childhood Caries in an Alaska Native Population
22/09/2022
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Preventing symptomatic vitamin D deficiency and rickets among Indigenous infants and children in Canada
01/05/2022
Researchers
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Dayre McNally
Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute
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Katie O’Hearn
Investigator, CHEO Research Institute
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Leanne Ward
Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute
