Severe vitamin C deficiency in a critically ill adult: A case report

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 881-882

  Doll, S ^a   Ricou, B ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

intensive care; multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; scurvy; vitamin C deficiency

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84881475631     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2013.42     Document Type: Article

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