According to an article in Science Daily a Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to adult patients with pneumonia. These patients are more likely to die because of this deficiency.
A study was conducted which measured Vitamin D in the blood samples of 112 adult patients admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. The research findings showed higher mortality within the first 30 days after a person was admitted to the hospital. They know that vitamin D is linked to the immune response of a human. They are now looking into the role of Vitamin D and the treatment of pneumonia.
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