The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#399 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Early Vitamin D: Can 800 IU Prevent BPD in Preterms?
16 minutes Posted Feb 25, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Send a text Ben and Daphna review a randomized controlled trial published in The Journal of Pediatrics by Dr. Ariel Salas and colleagues at UAB. The study investigates whether early high-dose vitamin D supplementation (800 IU/day starting day 1) in extremely preterm infants reduces the incidence of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) compared to standard care (starting day 14). The hosts discuss the physiologic rationale linking vitamin D to lung development, the use of impulse oscillometry to m...