Vitamin D supplementation to treat SARS-CoV-2 positive patients. Evidence from meta-analysis
Luiza Szarpak, Krzysztof J Filipiak, Aleksandra Gasecka, Wladyslaw Gawel, Dorota Koziel, Milosz J Jaguszewski, Jaroslaw Chmielewski, Anatolii Gozhenko, Karol Bielski, Pawel Wroblewski, Ivan Savytskyi, Lukasz Szarpak, Zubaid Rafique
Cardiology Journal, doi:10.5603/cj.a2021.0122
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CONCLUSIONS Vitamin D supplementation in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients has the potential to positively impact patients with both mild and severe symptoms. As a number of high-quality randomized control studies have demonstrated a benefit in hospital mortality, vitamin D should be considered a supplemental therapy of strong interest. At the same time, should vitamin D prove to reduce hospitalization rates and symptoms outside of the hospital setting, the cost and benefit to global pandemic mitigation efforts would be substantial. It can be concluded that further multicenter investigation of vitamin D in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients is urgently warranted at this time.
Conflict of interest: None declared
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