Vitamin D deficiency as a predictor of poor prognosis in patients with acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19.
G E CarpagnanoV Di LecceV N QuarantaA ZitoEnrico BuonamicoE CapozzaA PalumboG Di GioiaV N ValerioO RestaPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2020)
High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D was found in COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory failure, treated in a RICU. Patients with severe vitamin D deficiency had a significantly higher mortality risk. Severe vitamin D deficiency may be a marker of poor prognosis in these patients, suggesting that adjunctive treatment might improve disease outcomes.
Keyphrases
- poor prognosis
- respiratory failure
- long non coding rna
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- coronavirus disease
- mechanical ventilation
- sars cov
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- combination therapy
- weight loss