Vitamin D Serum Concentrations & Supplementation in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Vitamin D Serum Concentrations & Supplementation in Children With Cerebral Palsy
The purpose of this study is to try to correlate vitamin D dosing and dosing adjustment with
 Vitamin D levels, measure affects of seizure medications on levels as well as pathologic
 fractures and bone density in severely cognitively impaired, non-mobile children and
 adolescents with CP.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Recorded vitamin D supplementation dose (i.e. prescribed diet and any additional
 sources of vitamin D) with at least two serum vitamin D concentrations recorded in the
 medical chart from January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2013.

 -  Resident of HLCCD since 2008

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  No vitamin D levels recorded.

 -  History of hyperthyroidism or parathyroid pathology.

 -  Short gut syndrome that requires TPN.

 -  Poor medical documentation.

 -  Heritable disorders that affect vitamin D levels such as Pseudovitamin D deficiency
 rickets, Vitamin D resistant rickets, autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets and
 X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets