Vitamin D has pleiotropic effects on cardiac, renal, and endocrine diseases like diabetes mellitus and deficiency has been correlated with increased Intensive Care Unit (ICU) morbidity and mortality. We studied the relationship between preoperative Vitamin D levels and several short-term endpoints including cardiovascular events, glucose levels, ICU, and hospital length of stay.Standard demographic data were obtained. Blood samples were drawn for 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3 (Vit D) levels at baseline (just before induction of anesthesia) and on postoperative day (POD #1). The number of inotropes used on POD # 0, 1, and 2 was recorded as well as the Cardiac Index (CI). Baseline glucose, Blood Urea Nitrogen and Creatinine (Cr) levels were obtained and repeated on POD # 1 & 2. Other variables studied are number of days of ICU and hospital stay.Of the 64 patients included in the cohort, 3 were excluded because of inadequate data. 69

作者：Krishnan, Sriram；Kalyani, Perumal；Golnaz, Alemzadeh；Albert, Osei；Gennadiy, Voronov

来源：Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 2015 年 31卷 6期