Bolus-dose vitamin D and prevention of childhood pneumonia.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Vitamin D for the management of asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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2. Vitamin D as an adjunct to antibiotics for the treatment of acute childhood pneumonia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023
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3. Vitamin D as an adjunct to antibiotics for the treatment of acute childhood pneumonia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018
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4. Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2017
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5. Vitamin D and Respiratory Tract Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.PloS one · 2013
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6. Vitamin D supplementation among Bangladeshi children under-five years of age hospitalised for severe pneumonia: A randomised placebo controlled trial.PloS one · 2021
   Trial
7. Randomized phase 2 trial of monthly vitamin D to prevent respiratory complications in children with sickle cell disease.Blood advances · 2018
   Trial
8. Significant Effects of Oral Phenylbutyrate and Vitamin D3 Adjunctive Therapy in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.PloS one · 2015
   Trial
9. Prospects of Inhalable Formulations of Conventionally Administered Repurposed Drugs for Adjunctive Treatment of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Supporting Evidence from Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies.Journal of aerosol medicine and pulmonary drug delivery · 2025
   Review
10. ERJ open research · 2020
    Article
11. Impact of Childhood Malnutrition on Host Defense and Infection.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2017
    Review
12. Association between serum vitamin D, retinol and zinc status, and acute respiratory infections in underweight and normal-weight children aged 6-24 months living in an urban slum in Bangladesh.Epidemiology and infection · 2016
    Article
13. Vitamin D for the management of asthma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016
    Review
14. Vitamin d supplementation for the treatment of acute childhood pneumonia: a systematic review.ISRN pediatrics · 2013
    Review
15. Vitamin D status and TB treatment outcomes in adult patients in Tanzania: a cohort study.BMJ open · 2013
    Article
16. How important is vitamin D in preventing infections?Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2013
    Review
17. Could vitamin d have a potential anti-inflammatory and anti-infective role in bronchiectasis?Current infectious disease reports · 2013
    Article

Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Effect on the incidence of pneumonia of vitamin D supplementation by quarterly bolus dose to infants in Kabul: a randomised controlled superiority trial.2012

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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