Vitamin D and critical illness outcomes

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Although low vitamin D levels have been shown to be a risk factor for adverse outcomes in critical care, it is not clear to date if supplementation can alter such outcomes in all ICU patients. The focus of vitamin D research now is on interventional trials to identify a critically ill patient subset who may benefit from high-dose vitamin D supplementation. RECENT FINDINGS: The VITdAL-ICU trial,...

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