Papers/PMID:25816542
Vitamin A supplementation for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very-low-birth-weight premature Thai infants: a randomized trial.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet2014The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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1 finding
all-trans-retinol — decreases hospital length of stay
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×3“Supplementation with vitamin A was also associated with a significant reduction in the duration ofintubation (10.8 +/- 3.1 days vitamin A supplemented group vs. 26.1 +/- 6.4 days control group, p = 0.03), days on oxygen therapy (29.8 +/- 5.1 days vitamin A supplemented group vs. 58.2 +/- 9.1 days control group, p = 0.01) and length of hospital stay (61.9 +/- 4.2 days vitamin A supplemented group vs. 88.3 +/- 7.2 days control group, p = 0.002).”
Quoted verbatim from Vitamin A supplementation for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very-low-birth-weight premature Thai infants: a randomized trial.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Dose
- 5,000 IU vitamin A intramuscularly 3 times/week for four weeks versus sham procedure
- Population
- Very-low-birth-weight premature Thai infants (<1,500 g) on mechanical ventilation or oxygen at 24 hours of age, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen
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