High dose vitamin D administration in ventilated intensive care unit patients: A pilot double blind randomized controlled trial
Background: There is a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the critically ill patient population. Several intensive care unit studies have demonstrated an association between vitamin D deficiency [25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) < 20 ng/mL] and increased hospital length of stay (LOS), readmi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-06-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214623716300084 |