Postnatal evaluation of vitamin D and bone health in women who were vitamin D‐deficient in pregnancy, and in their infants

Objective: To determine the postnatal vitamin D status and bone health of women identified as vitamin D‐deficient in pregnancy, and of their infants. Design and participants: Retrospective audit conducted between 27 August and 5 November 2003. The study included women delivering between August and O...

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Published in:Medical journal of Australia 2004-11, Vol.181 (9), p.486-488
Main Authors: Thomson, Katherine, Zacharin, Margaret R, Morley, Ruth, Grover, Sonia R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Age
Analysis of Variance
Babies
Biological and medical sciences
Bottle Feeding - statistics & numerical data
Breast Feeding - statistics & numerical data
Breastfeeding & lactation
Children & youth
Dietary supplements
Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data
Endocrine system diseases
Families & family life
Female
General aspects
Hospitals, Maternity
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Infant Welfare
Infant, Newborn
Language
Male
Maternal Welfare
Medical Audit
Medical sciences
Pediatrics
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - blood
Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology
Puerperal Disorders - blood
Puerperal Disorders - diagnosis
Puerperal Disorders - epidemiology
Religion
Residence Characteristics
Retrospective Studies
Rickets
Rickets - blood
Rickets - diagnosis
Rickets - epidemiology
Skin
Treatment Outcome
Victoria - epidemiology
Vitamin D
Vitamin D - blood
Vitamin D - therapeutic use
Vitamin D Deficiency - blood
Vitamin D Deficiency - diagnosis
Vitamin D Deficiency - drug therapy
Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology
Vitamin deficiency
Women's health
Womens health
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Summary:Objective: To determine the postnatal vitamin D status and bone health of women identified as vitamin D‐deficient in pregnancy, and of their infants. Design and participants: Retrospective audit conducted between 27 August and 5 November 2003. The study included women delivering between August and October 2002 at the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, who had had a 25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25‐[OH]D) level
ISSN:0025-729X
1326-5377
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06405.x