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Circulating 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D Concentrations and Postoperative Infections in Cardiac Surgical Patients: The CALCITOP-Study

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D has immunomodulatory properties and seems to reduce the risk of infections. Whether low vitamin D concentrations are independent risk factors for nosocomial postoperative infections in surgical patients remains to be studied in detail. METHODS: In 3,340 consecutive cardiac surg...

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Autores principales: Zittermann, Armin, Kuhn, Joachim, Ernst, Jana B., Becker, Tobias, Larisch, Julia, Dreier, Jens, Knabbe, Cornelius, Börgermann, Jochen, Gummert, Jan F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4927161/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27355377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158532