Papers/PMID:30964778
EARLY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVES THE OUTCOME OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.)2020The record
2 findings · 1 compound · 2 endpoints
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2 findings
all-trans-retinol — decreases hospital length of stay
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Findingreplicated ×3“Length of hospital stay was shorter in the VA-supplemented group, 30.1 ± 6.3 days, compared with the control group, 64.2 ± 7.5 days (P < 0.001) (Table 3).”
Quoted verbatim from EARLY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVES THE OUTCOME OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Dose
- 1,500 IU/day oral vitamin A added to enteral feeds for 28 days or until discharge, versus soybean oil placebo
- Population
- Extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks, <96 hours old) in three neonatal intensive care units in China; all infants also received the standard intravenous multivitamin within parenteral nutrition
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all-trans-retinol — decreases retinopathy of prematurity incidence
ModerateEvidence strength: moderate. Human evidence with one recorded weakness, or capped at moderate by its design or by unread numbers.Finding“The incidence of Type 1 ROP was lower in the VA group.”
Quoted verbatim from EARLY VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENTATION IMPROVES THE OUTCOME OF RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY IN EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 4 weeks
- Dose
- 1,500 IU/day oral vitamin A added to enteral feeds for 28 days or until discharge, versus soybean oil placebo
- Population
- Extremely preterm infants (<28 weeks, <96 hours old) in three neonatal intensive care units in China; all infants also received the standard intravenous multivitamin within parenteral nutrition
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