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1. Hard-to-heal Wounds associated with low vitamin D – review June 2021
2. Burn patients have little vitamin D and benefit when it is restored
3. Vitamin D levels crash after various surgeries (cardiac in this case) – Nov 2021
4. Surgeries often deplete Vitamin D - 300,000 IU resulted in no benefit (only 22 ng) – Nov 2018
5. Vitamin D levels dropped 42 percent immediately after pediatric cardiac surgery – Dec 2019
6. Better chance to survive colon cancer surgery if have more vitamin D.PDF
7. length of care after hip fracture - not vit D 2009.PDF
8. Rehab patients vitamin D deficient - with chart Nov 2010.pdf
9. Vitamin D essential for burn injury - 2008.pdf
10. 1 in 6 critically ill in India have high levels of vitamin D (100 ng) – March 2015
11. 1 month after plasma exchange vitamin D levels reduced by 40 percent – Oct 2013
12. 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily did not help ICU much (no surprise) – Feb 2019
13. 1.5X increased infection, sepsis, and death if in ICU with low vitamin D - Meta-analysis Dec 2014
14. 10 fewer days of ICU Mechanical Ventilation 300,000 IU injection of vitamin D – RCT March 2019
15. 100,000 IU daily of Vitamin D for 5 days increased Hemoglobin in Mechanically Ventilated adults – RCT Jan 2018
16. 18 fewer hospital days if given 500,000 IU of vitamin D while ventilated in ICU – RCT June 2016
17. 2.7 fewer days in hospital after surgery if had taken Omega-3 (19 RCT) – meta-analysis – June 2017
18. 20 percent change in vitamin D levels of critically ill during a 24 hour period – Oct 2011
19. 20 percent of Critically ill in India had undetectable vitamin D, and 62 percent died – Jan 2013
20. 2X more likely to get hospital infection if low vitamin D (10 ng) when enter – Oct 2013
21. 2X more likely to kill superbug in 1 month with adequate level of vitamin D
22. 3 additional hospital days after emergency neurosurgery if low vitamin D – Nov 2019
23. 3 days of Omega-3 before cardiac surgery reduced risk of post-op bleeding by half – RCT March 2018
24. 300,000 IU Vitamin D injection before brain tumor surgery – RCT to finish Dec 2017
25. 3X less Septic Shock in children with sepsis getting 150,000 IU of Vitamin D - RCT June 2020
26. 3X more likely to die within 3 months of being in ICU for 2 days if less than 20 ng vitamin D – Sept 2013
27. 4 fewer days in hospital after hip or knee replacement if good level of vitamin D – June 2016
28. 5 days longer in ICU if low on vitamin D - April 2012
29. 5 out of 6 children who died in pediatric critical care unit had low vitamin D – May 2014
30. 5 Traumatic brain injuries resulted in 2.8 X increased risk of dementia – April 2018
31. 540000 IU before ICU raised vitamin D by 25 ng in 2 days – March 2011
32. 600,000 IU intramuscular D3 helped BMD after pancreatic surgery – June 2010
33. 87 percent of internal medicine patients were severely vitamin D deficient – Aug 2010
34. 8X more likely to have leaky gut in ICU if low vitamin D - Oct 2019
35. 94 percent of women were vitamin D insufficient after earthquake – Aug 2010
36. 96 percent vitamin D deficient – destitute asylum seekers and refugees in London – Nov 2012
37. Active form of vitamin D (calcitriol) cut in half the fractures following organ transplant – meta-analysis Aug 2011
38. Acute Rehab. patients 2.3X more likely to have musculoskeletal pain if low vitamin D – Oct 2014
39. Acute respiratory distress – 100 percent of patients were vitamin D deficient– April 2015
40. Adding Vitamin D decreased kidney deaths by 4x – Dec 2010
41. After bone fracture, vitamin D unchanged but 1,25(OH)(2) D decreased – Jan 2013
42. After hip surgery Vitamin D levels dropped by 32 percent – Sept 2018
43. All ICU patients with good vitamin D level survived, none who died had a good level – April 2018
44. Almost 6X more likely to die after coronary bypass if vitamin D deficient – Dec 2012
45. Almost everyone with COVID-19 in a Louisiana ICU had low vitamin D – April 29, 2020
46. Anesthesia problems associated with low vitamin D – Oct 2018
47. Bed sores in ICU 2.5 X more likely if low vitamin D – Aug 2018

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