Critically ill children – randomized clinical trial to give single doses of up to 400,000 IU of vitamin D – 2019
Rapid Normalization of Vitamin D in Critically Ill Children: A Phase II Dose Evaluation Randomized Controlled Trial (VITdAL-PICU)
10000 IU/kg of cholecalciferol (max 400000 IU)
Age > 37 weeks to < 18 years
* Children in Intensive Care need Vitamin D loading dose of 10000 IU per kg (nearing a consensus) - Oct 2016* Give ICU children a bolus dose of 10,000 IU of vitamin D per kg – RCT underway Sept 2024 update of the study on this page - which was probably delayed by COVID* Vitamin D deficient children stayed in ICU almost 2 days longer – Sept 2012Pages listed in BOTH of the categories Loading Dose and Infant/Child{category}Pages listed in BOTH of the categories Loading Dose and Youth{category}
Promising Vitamin D Clinical Trials - 2017 contains the following
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