The Change in Vitamin D Levels during the Early Days of Intensive Care Unit Admission and Factors Affecting Change

In the last decade, vitamin D has an increasing importance due to its demonstrated pleotropic, antimicrobial, and immunomodulatory effects, and has been a subject of interest especially in critically ill patients due to its role on immune functions.The aim of this study is to determine whether vitamin D levels change during the first days of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to study factors that may affect these variations.Patients...