Vitamin C deficiency in critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care unit
Luis Chiscano-Camón, Juan Carlos Ruiz-Rodriguez, Erika P Plata-Menchaca, Laura Martin, Ivan Bajaña, Cristina Martin-Rodríguez, Clara Palmada, Roser Ferrer-Costa, Silvia Camos, Yolanda Villena-Ortiz, Vicent Ribas, Adolf Ruiz-Sanmartin, Marcos Pérez-Carrasco, Ricard Ferrer
Frontiers in Medicine, doi:10.3389/fmed.2023.1301001
Objectives: To determine vitamin C plasma kinetics, through the measurement of vitamin C plasma concentrations, in critically ill Coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, identifying eventually the onset of vitamin C deficiency.
Ethics statement The studies involving humans were approved by Clinical Research Ethics Committee (CEIm) of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital [PR(AG)687/2020]. The studies were conducted in accordance with the local legislation and institutional requirements. The ethics committee/ institutional review board waived the requirement of written informed consent for participation from the participants or the participants' legal guardians/next of kin because the informed consent was waived due to epimediological situation, in between COVID-19 outbreak.
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