Vitamin D supplementation for severe Pneumonia - A randomized controlled trial

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 449-454

  Choudhary, Nidhi ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ARI; India; Pneumonia; Treatment; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTOSE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHEST INDRAWING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYANOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYPNEA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VOMITING;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PLACEBOS; PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84866053274     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-012-0073-x     Document Type: Article

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