Is Vitamin D Insufficiency Associated with Mortality of Critically Ill Patients?

Autor: Gulbin Aygencel, Melda Turkoglu, Ayse Fitnat Tuncel, Burcu Arslan Candır, Yelda Deligoz Bildacı, Hatice Pasaoglu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Critical Care Research and Practice, Vol 2013 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2090-1305
2090-1313
DOI: 10.1155/2013/856747
Popis: Objective. To evaluate the vitamin D status of our critically ill patients and its relevance to mortality. Patients and Methods. We performed a prospective observational study in the medical intensive care unit of a university hospital between October 2009 and March 2011. Vitamin D levels were measured and insufficiency was defined as
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