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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Main Authors: Jenny E. Han, Jennifer L. Jones, Vin Tangpricha, Mona A. Brown, Li Hao, Gautam Hebbar, Moon Jeong Lee, Shuling Liu, Lou Ann S. Brown, Thomas R. Ziegler, Greg S. Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214623716300084

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