Abstract
The association between vitamin D deficiency and chronic illness is well-known. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased mortality in the general population. Despite this knowledge, vitamin D insufficiency is seldom considered and rarely replaced adequately, if at all, in critically ill patients in intensive care. We present a hypothetic model demonstrating how vitamin D deficiency may be an unrecognized contributor to adverse outcome in intensive care patients.
MeSH terms
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Administration, Oral
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Calcium / therapeutic use
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Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology
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Chronic Disease
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Humans
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Hypocalcemia / drug therapy
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Hypocalcemia / epidemiology
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Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data*
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Magnesium / blood
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Mucositis / epidemiology
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Multiple Organ Failure / epidemiology
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Nutritional Status
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Parathyroid Hormone / physiology
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Survival Rate
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Vitamin D Deficiency / epidemiology*
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Vitamin D Deficiency / mortality
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Vitamin D Deficiency / physiopathology*
Substances
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Parathyroid Hormone
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Magnesium
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Calcium