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01.08.2013 | Poster presentation
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among children with sepsis, its association with sepsis severity and its outcome in a pediatric ICU
verfasst von:
Ponnarmeni Satheesh, Savita Verma, Sunit Singhi, Arun Bansal
Erschienen in:
Critical Care
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Sonderheft 4/2013
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Excerpt
Increased prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in sepsis and its association with sepsis severity has been documented in adults [
1‐
3]. However, data on the pediatric population are scarce. This study aims at assessing the prevalence of VDD (25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level <20 ng/ml) among children with sepsis in developing nations and its implication on sepsis severity. …