Efficacy and safety of vitamin D as adjuvant therapy for childhood pneumonia: a Meta analysis / 中国当代儿科杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To study the efficacy and safety of vitamin D as an adjuvant therapy for childhood pneumonia through a systematic review.@*METHODS@#Cochrane Library, PubMed, EMbase, CNKI, Wanfang Data, and Weipu Data were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D as the adjuvant therapy for childhood pneumonia published up to August 2019. Literature screening, quality assessment, and data extraction were performed based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Revman 5.3 was used to perform the Meta analysis of outcome indicators.@*RESULTS@#A total of 7 RCTs with 1 527 children were included, with 762 children in the vitamin D adjuvant therapy group and 765 children in the control group. The results of the Meta analysis showed that vitamin D adjuvant therapy had no effect on recovery time (P=0.67), length of hospital stay (P=0.73), and time to relief of fever (P=0.43). Furthermore, it did not reduce the recurrence rate (P=0.14), rate of adverse events (P=0.20), and mortality rate (P=0.98) of childhood pneumonia.@*CONCLUSIONS@#Current evidence shows that vitamin D adjuvant therapy has no marked efficacy in the treatment of childhood pneumonia.

Association between two SNPs of ISL1 gene and congenital heart disease in children / 中国当代儿科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the association between 2 SNPs of ISL1 gene and congenital heart disease (CHD) in Tianjin Han children.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Polymerase chain reaction and DNA sequencing were used to detect 2 SNPs at rs41268421 and rs1017 sites of ISL1 gene, including 35 CHD cases and 30 non-CHD controls. Differences of genotype and allele frequencies of rs41268421 and rs1017 sites were compared, and haplotype analysis of the two sites was performed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Three genotypes (GG, GT and TT) were detected at ISL1 gene SNP rs41268421, and three genotypes (AA, AT and TT) were detected at SNP rs1017. At rs41268421, GT+TT genotypes and T allele frequencies in the CHD group were statistically higher than in the controls. The risk of CHD in children with T allele was significantly increased compared with children with G allele (OR=4.833). At rs1017, AT+TT genotypes and T allele frequencies in the CHD group were statistically higher than controls. The risk of CHD in children with T allele was greater compared with children with A allele (OR=4.491; P<0.05). Four kinds of haplotype were detected in the two SNPs sites and TT type increased the risk of CHD (OR=7.813).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Haplotype TT may increase the risk of CHD in Tianjin Han children.</p>