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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2009

01-12-2009 | Clinical Perspective

Vitamin D deficiency in the intensive care unit: an invisible accomplice to morbidity and mortality?

Authors: Paul Lee, Priya Nair, John A. Eisman, Jacqueline R. Center

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2009

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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.
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Metadata
Title
Vitamin D deficiency in the intensive care unit: an invisible accomplice to morbidity and mortality?
Authors
Paul Lee
Priya Nair
John A. Eisman
Jacqueline R. Center
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2009
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-009-1642-x

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