Hypovitaminosis D and morbidity in critical illness: Is there proof beyond reasonable doubt?

Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Venkatesh, Bala ^a,b,c   Nair, Priya ^d,e,f  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; VITAMIN D;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; SEASON; SEPSIS; TRENDS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEASONS; SEPSIS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84899830151     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc13863     Document Type: Note

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