Nutritional vitamin D use in chronic kidney disease: a survey of pediatric nephrologists

Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and infections, in addition to known effects on mineral metabolism. Controversy remains regarding the use of nutritional vitamin D supplementation in chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the supplementation practices of pediatric nephrologists are unknown.An electronic survey containing eight vignettes was sent to physician members of the International Pediatric...