Analysis of vitamin d effectiveness of short interventions in the prevention and reduction of sepsis in Brazilian intensive care: a systematic review
International Journal of Development Research
Analysis of vitamin d effectiveness of short interventions in the prevention and reduction of sepsis in Brazilian intensive care: a systematic review
Received 20th November, 2018; Received in revised form 06th December, 2018; Accepted 17th January, 2019; Published online 27th February, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Eliza Miranda Ramos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Changing the percentage of vitamin D in the body causes severe organ dysfunction in intensive care patients. This study aimed to characterize the use of vitamin D in sepsis in Brazilian territory, reporting its beneficial effects in intensive care. The methodology used was the systematic review, using PRISMA method to select the studies used. As a result, they found that levels lower than the proposed standards, develop serious alterations in patients in intensive care. It is concluded that vitamin D supplementation by health professionals enabled in their practice results in the improvement of clinical conditions in relation to the organic dysfunction of the patient in intensive care.