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Table 5 Clinical outcomes by treatment arm

From: A phase II dose evaluation pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial of cholecalciferol in critically ill children with vitamin D deficiency (VITdAL-PICU study)

Outcome

Treatment

(n = 40)

Placebo

(n = 19)

In hospital mortality, frequency (%)

3 (7.5)

2 (10.5)

Mechanical Ventilation (hrs), median (IQR)

149.2 (75.2, 247.2)

172.2 (86.0, 333.1)

NIV (days), median (IQR)

3.9 (0.7, 8.9)

0.5 (0.2, 4.4)

PICU length of stay (days), median (IQR)

8.7 (6.4, 12.7)

9.0 (6.0, 14.4)

Hospital length of stay (days), median (IQR)

16.2 (9.4, 30.9)

15.8 (9.3, 31.2)

Nosocomial infection, frequency (%)

7 (17.5)

2 (10.5)

  1. NIV Non-invasive ventilation, PICU Pediatric intensive care unit