Trying to identify who may benefit most from future vitamin D intervention trials: a post hoc analysis from the VITDAL-ICU study excluding the early deaths

Abstract Background Vitamin D supplementation has shown promise for reducing mortality in the intensive care setting. As a steroid prohormone with pleiotropic effects, there may be a lag between administration and observing clinical benefit. This secondary analysis of the VITdAL-ICU study sought to...

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Main Authors: Gennaro Martucci, Dayre McNally, Dhruv Parekh, Paul Zajic, Fabio Tuzzolino, Antonio Arcadipane, Kenneth B. Christopher, Harald Dobnig, Karin Amrein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2472-z