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SUBMITTER: Slow S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6138743 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Slow Sandy S Epton Michael M Storer Malina M Thiessen Rennae R Lim Steven S Wong James J Chin Paul P Tovaranonte Pleayo P Pearson John J Chambers Stephen T ST Murdoch David R DR
Scientific reports 20180914 1
Low vitamin D status is associated with increased risk of pneumonia, greater disease severity and poorer outcome. However, no trials have examined the effect of adjunctive vitamin D therapy on outcomes in adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We conducted a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial examining the effects of adjunctive vitamin D in adults hospitalised with CAP. Participants were randomised to either a single oral dose of 200,000 IU vitamin D<sub>3</sub> or place ...[more]