Intravenous Vitamin C in Adults with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit
François Lamontagne, Marie-Hélène Masse, Julie Ménard, Sheila Sprague, Ruxandra Pinto, Daren K. Heyland +24 more
New England Journal of Medicine
Abstract
In adults with sepsis receiving vasopressor therapy in the ICU, those who received intravenous vitamin C had a higher risk of death or persistent organ dysfunction at 28 days than those who received placebo. (Funded by the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation; LOVIT ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03680274.).
Concepts
Intensive care unitSepsisMedicineIntensive care medicine