Vitamin D Zinc Fever

Shamir Medical Center (Assaf-Harofeh)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fever; Vitamin D; Sepsis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01080950

vitamin d zinc and fever

Details and patient eligibility

About

Zinc and vitamin d deficiency are associated with a state of inflammation/atherosclerosis.

There are studies demonstrating an association between vitamin d deficiency and respiratory illnesses.

Both zinc and vitamin d are associated with oxidative stress and inflammation.

Full description

Both vit. d and zinc share anti inflammatory and anti oxidative actions. vit. d deficiency is associated with an increase in serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines and decreased levels of anti inflammatory cytokines.

there are reports concerning the association of vit. d deficiency with infections.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age>18 years

Exclusion criteria

• CCT<90
• taking calcium
• hyper/hypoparathyroidism
• active malignancy.

Trial design

200 participants in 2 patient groups

fever zinc vit. d

Description:

patients with fever but without sepsis

sepsis zinc vit. d

Description:

patients with sepsis