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A vitamin that helps the critically
ill
Wednesday April 04, 2012 01:23:16 PM,
IANS
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Tel Aviv: Vitamin D,
which the body synthesises with the help of sunlight, has an
important bearing on the functioning of our auto-immune system,
says a study.
Howard Amital, professor at the Tel Aviv University's (TAU)
Sackler Faculty of Medicine and Sheba Medical Centre, has
discovered that the vitamin may also improve the well being of
patients in intensive care.
In a six-month study, Amital and his colleagues found that
patients with vitamin D deficiency lived an average of 8.9 days
less than those who were found to have sufficient vitamin D.
Vitamin D levels also co-related with the level of white blood
cells which fight disease.
The study demonstrated that further research will only validate
the efficacy of vitamin D in improving the patient's survival
outcomes, the journal QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
reported.
To measure the impact of vitamin D levels on the survival of
critically ill patients, the researchers designed an observational
study, said a university statement.
Over six months, 130 patients over 18 years of age who were
admitted to an intensive care unit of a TAU-affiliated hospital
and requiring mechanical ventilation, were studied. Patients who
had taken vitamin D supplements prior to admittance were excluded
from the study population.
Findings indicate that while patients with sufficient vitamin D
survived an average of 24.2 days, those who were deemed to be
deficient in vitamin D survived an average of only 15.3 days. They
were also found to have a better white blood count.
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