Pages tagged with "Trauma and surgery"
- Vitamin D and the Critically Ill - meta-analysis
- 3X less muscle atrophy after ACL surgery if more than 40 ng of vitamin D
- Half as much AFIB after bypass if 600,000 IU of vitamin D before surgery – RCT
- Delirium or cognitive problems after surgery 1.5X more likely if low vitamin D –meta-analysis
- Vitamin D levels crash after various surgeries (cardiac in this case)
- Bariatric Surgery lowered risk of severe liver disease (not a surprise)
- 2.4 X fewer burn complications if have more than 20 ng of Vitamin D
- Oral Vitamin D much better than injection (after Knee Arthroplasty in this case)
- Fewer drugs needed after cardiac surgery if higher levels of vitamin D (Chinese children)
- Poor Receptor predicts sepsis death (restricts Vitamin D from getting to cells)
- Vitamin D in Critical care – they agree that 800 IU can be used (far too little)
- Post-surgery delirium in critically ill 1.4X more likely for each 10 ng lower level of vitamin D (below 30 ng)
- Pre-operative Vitamin D often helps (thyroidectomy in this case)
- Hard-to-heal Wounds associated with low vitamin D – review
- Little risk of infection after surgery if have more than 50 ng of vitamin D - 2014
- ICU mortality reduced by non-oral vitamin D – meta-analysis
- Kidney transplant rejection 1.8X more likely if low vitamin D
- Traumatic Brain Injury recovered faster if high vitamin D (review of 58 studies)
- Vitamin D3 Attenuates Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption due to TBI (in rats)
- Taking Vitamin D just before and after surgery helps (open-heart in this case) – RCT