Vitamin D in critically ill patients.
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther
; 48(3): 201-7, 2016.
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| ID: mdl-27444873
ABSTRACT
Vitamin D deficiency is a commonly observed global phenomenon, both in the general population and in hospitalized patients, including critically ill patients. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes, including increased morbidity and mortality in the general population and in critically ill patients. Vitamin D is a fatsoluble vitamin that plays an important role in bone metabolism. However, Vitamin D is also a steroid hormone that exerts multiple pleiotropic effects. Vitamin D regulates immunity, inflammation, cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and angiogenesis. There is growing evidence of a close relationship between vitamin D insufficiency and various systemic disorders, i.e., type II diabetes, certain types of cancer, obesity, and cardiovascular morbidities. The purpose of this article is to present the current knowledge on the relationship between vitamin D status and critical illness.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Vitamina D
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Deficiência de Vitamina D
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Vitaminas
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Estado Terminal
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther
Assunto da revista:
ANESTESIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Polônia