TY - JOUR AU - Kołodziejczyk-Nowotarska, Alicja AU - Bokiniec, Renata AU - Seliga-Siwecka, Joanna PY - 2021/03/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Benefits of prenatal and postnatal vitamin D supplementation JF - Journal of Medical Science JA - JMS VL - 90 IS - 1 SE - Thousand words about... DO - 10.20883/medical.e498 UR - https://jms.ump.edu.pl/index.php/JMS/article/view/498 SP - e498 AB - <p>The best evidence for the role of vitamin D in infants is its influence on skeletal growth, however, the pleiotropic actions of vitamin D in the foetus and neonates are under-researched. The systematic reviews, based mostly on observational studies, suggest correlations between prenatal and postnatal supplementation and the occurrence of allergy, respiratory infections, sepsis or mental and behavioural development. Some of these studies focused on subgroups of neonates, such as preterm infants, investigating the influence <em>inter alia</em> on sepsis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and necrotising enterocolitis. Currently, there is a need for randomised trials for proof of the skeletal and pleiotropic effects of vitamin D in infants.</p> ER -