Purpose: Vitamin D deficiency is a common scenario in critically ill patients and has been
proven to be associated with poor outcomes. However, the effect of vitamin D …

Introduction: Vitamin D is a pleiotropic hormone involved in the functioning of organ systems
including those central to critical illness pathophysiology. We evaluated the longitudinal …

Objective To evaluate association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] and sepsis in
pediatric ICU (PICU). Background Vitamin D is a fat-soluble steroid hormone that helps …

Vitamin D deficiency and its adverse skeletal sequelae are well recognized in the general
population. Recent observation of high prevalence of low vitamin D states and their …

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is a prevalent condition among critically ill patients.
Information about the relationship between vitamin D levels and outcomes in the intensive …

Background & objective Patients in the intensive care unit have a high prevalence of vitamin
D deficiency (VDD). In the present study, clinical outcomes in the ICU were analyzed with …

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 …

RESULTS A total of 172 pediatric patients were enrolled. The mean 25 (OH) vitamin D level
was 17.5±12.8 ng/mL. There was a 65.1% prevalence of VDD (25 (OH) vitamin D level< 20 …

Background: Vitamin D is a pleiotropic hormone that plays an important role in calcium
homeostasis, bone health, cardiovascular system and immunity. Vitamin D has other roles in …

This meta-analysis assessed the association between vitamin D supplementation and the
outcomes of critically ill adult patients. A literature search was conducted using the PubMed …