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Low vitamin d at icu admission is associated with cancer, infections, acute respiratory insufficiency, and liver failure

Published inNutrition, vol. 60, p. 235-240
Publication date2019
Abstract

Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency may be associated with comorbidities and poor prognosis. However, this association in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has not been fully elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) within the first 48 h after ICU admission are associated with prognostic indicators (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation [APACHE] II, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment [SOFA] score, Charlson comorbidity index [CCI]), clinical complications, serum C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations, mechanical ventilation duration, and mortality.

Keywords
  • Vitamin D
  • Intensive care unit
  • Clinical outcome
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GOMES, Tatyanne LN et al. Low vitamin d at icu admission is associated with cancer, infections, acute respiratory insufficiency, and liver failure. In: Nutrition, 2019, vol. 60, p. 235–240. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2018.10.018
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