Erschienen in:
14.01.2016 | Correspondence
Serum Vitamin D Status and Outcome among Critically Ill Children Admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in South India: Authors’ Reply
verfasst von:
Kala Ebenezer, Adekunle Dawodu, Mark Steinhoff
Erschienen in:
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 8/2016
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To the Editor : We note the concern of Dr. Angurana regarding the sample size and period of enrollment in our recent paper [
1]. The sample size was calculated to be sufficient to estimate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among critically ill children, although we had considered the fact that it may not be enough to effectively describe its effect on the outcome variable in this pilot study. Vitamin D assays tend to be expensive and we believe, the results of our small observational study provide valuable preliminary supportive data for Indian researchers to obtain funding to conduct larger trials as suggested. …