The Association of Vitamin D Supplementation With the Outcome in Critically Ill Children
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2020-02-25
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in critically ill adult and pediatric population
that causes multiple adverse health outcomes including higher illness severity score,
increased morbidity and mortality, multiple organ dysfunction, longer duration of Mechanical
ventilation, longer duration of Oxygen therapy and increased length of stay (LOS) in PICU and
hospital. Vitamin D deficiency is a modifiable risk factor that can be corrected with high
dose of vitamin D supplementation to improve the clinical outcome.
This study is designed to determine whether random vitamin D supplementation within dose
limits improves clinical outcomes in critically ill children.