Effects of vitamin D insufficiency on sepsis severity and risk of hospitalisation in emergency department patients: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) level on sepsis severity and risk of hospitalisation in emergency department (ED) septic patients when categorised as vitamin D insufficiency according to the level of 25(OH)D<30 ng/mL.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

A 900-bed academic tertiary hospital with an ED residency training programme in Bangkok, Thailand.

Participants

An observational study of 101 ED septic patients aged ≥18 years was conducted between March 2015 and September 2015.

Outcome measures

The level of 25(OH)D was analysed and correlated with sepsis severity assessed by Acute Physiology Age Chronic Health Evaluation-II (APACHE-II) and Mortality in ED Sepsis (MEDS) scores, and the risk of hospita

SUBMITTER: Vanichkulbodee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9853214 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature