Vitamin d in intensive therapy in treatment of adult patients: a methanalysis of clinical testing
International Journal of Development Research
Vitamin d in intensive therapy in treatment of adult patients: a methanalysis of clinical testing
Received 18th January, 2019; Received in revised form 28th February, 2019; Accepted 30th March, 2019; Published online 29th April, 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.
Introduction: In Brazil, sepsis is one of the diseases with a high death rate in intensive care. Objectives: to gather information available from the authors to verify the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in intensive care patients with sepsis. Methods: Analytical and observational through a meta-analysis. Results: 18 randomized studies were included in this meta-analysis, observational and experimental studies in humans from January 2000 to December 2018, totaling 10,011 patients evaluated. Conclusion: The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in studies is high in patients diagnosed with sepsis.
