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Association between Vitamin C Deficiency and Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock.
- Source :
- Biomedicines; Sep2022, Vol. 10 Issue 9, p2090-2090, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The prognostic value of low vitamin C levels has not been well investigated in patients with septic shock. We aimed to evaluate the association of vitamin C deficiency with mortality in patients with septic shock. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 165 patients with septic shock from a prospective multicenter trial and institutional sepsis registry between April 2018 and January 2020. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality. The patients were categorized into vitamin C deficiency and normal groups based on a vitamin C cutoff level of 11.4 mmol/L. Multivariable Cox regression analysis was performed to examine the association between vitamin C levels and 28-day mortality. A total of 165 patients was included for analysis and 77 (46.7%) had vitamin C deficiency. There was no significant difference in the 28-day mortality rate between the vitamin C deficiency group and the normal group (23.4% (n = 18/77) vs. 13.6% (n = 12/88), p = 0.083). Multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis showed vitamin C deficiency to be associated with increased risk of 28-day mortality (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.65, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.08–6.45; p = 0.032). Initial vitamin C deficiency was associated with a higher risk of 28-day mortality in patients with septic shock after adjusting for intravenous administration of vitamin C and thiamine, baseline characteristics, laboratory findings, and severity of illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VITAMIN C deficiency
SEPTIC shock
VITAMIN C
INTRAVENOUS therapy
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279059
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Biomedicines
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159274586
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10092090