Evaluation of serum vitamin B12 and D, iron, ferritin, folate, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium levels in children in palliative care clinic: a single-center cross-sectional study.

What Was Tested

This observational study looks at Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc and Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12).

The purpose of this study was to determine the vitamin B12 and D, iron, ferritin, folate, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium levels of PPC patients to contribute to a better understanding of their micronutrient needs as well as the appropriate management of diet and treatment approaches.

Why It Was Studied

Pediatric palliative care (PPC) patients are at an elevated risk of malnutrition.

Nutritional inadequacy can also cause micronutrient deficiencies.

Who Took Part

The age groups tagged for this paper are infants, young children, children and teenagers, both men and women.

This study evaluated the levels of vitamin B12, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, iron, ferritin, folate, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium in PPC patients.

The patients were classified according to the Chronic Complex Conditions (CCC) v2 and then compared.

How the Study Was Run

This was a single-center observational cross-sectional retrospective study.

What Was Measured

The subject headings attached to it are Cross-Sectional Studies, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Palliative Care, Ferritins, Vitamin D and Calcium.

The authors tagged it with the keywords Deficiency, Malnutrition, Micronutrient and Pediatric.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc and Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12).

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 7 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2024 (BMC palliative care), a journal based in England.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page and the Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) compound page, all human trials.