Vitamin D-3 Status of Critically Ill Patients Admitted at ICU with Multidisciplinary Diseases in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Introduction: Vitamin D is necessary to maintain serum calcium concentration within the normal physiologic range for musculoskeletal health. Vitamin D deficiency in children causes rickets and prevents children from reaching their maximum bone mass and genetically determined height. In adults, vitamin D deficiency causes abnormal mineralization of the collagen matrix in bone, known as osteomalacia. Usually the Survivors of critical illness are at risk for subsequent hospitalization, outpatient evaluation, and related health care costs. Moreover, recent studies showed that vitamin D deficiency among critically ill patients increased the rate of mortality. Therefore, this paper desired to determine the vitamin D-3 status according to demographic characteristics of critically ill patients admitted at ICU with multidisciplinary diseases.