Fifteen-minute consultation: supporting bereaved parents at the time of a child's death.

If you are facing a discussion with parents whose child has died, your humanity is as important as your clinical knowledge and skill. Nothing you can say will ever take away the emotional pain they are facing but your involvement on a very human level will make a difference. Listening builds a trusting relationship and is essential if families are to be responded to effectively.

Vitamin D₃supplementation in Batswana children and adults with HIV: a pilot double blind randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: Since vitamin D insufficiency is common worldwide in people with HIV, we explored safety and efficacy of high dose cholecalciferol (D₃) in Botswana, and evaluated potential modifiers of serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D change (Δ25D).

Design: Prospective randomized double-blind 12-week pilot trial of subjects ages 5.0-50.

High-dose vitamin D3 supplementation in children and young adults with HIV: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Background: Suboptimal vitamin D status is prevalent in HIV-infected patients and associated with increased risk of disease severity and morbidity. We aimed to determine 12-month safety and efficacy of daily 7000 IU vitamin D3 (vitD3) versus placebo to sustain increased serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and improve immune status in HIV-infected subjects.

Methods: This was a double-blind trial of perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV)-infected subjects or behaviorally acquired HIV (BHIV)-infected subjects (5.